Slattery v. City of Seattle

The plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife in a fall upon a sidewalk in the city of Seattle. The jury returned a verdict for $1,535, upon which judgment was entered. The defendant city has appealed.

On the evening of December 24, 1930, at about 9:00 o ’clock respondent Annie Slattery was returning home from church in company with two ladies. While walking along east Alder street, between Broadway and Tenth avenue, Mrs. Slattery tripped and fell over a wire fence which had fallen over upon the sidewalk. The evidence in…