Dickie v. City of Centralia
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered November 23, 1914, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtBausman, J.
This case comes to us upon demurrer sustained to an amended complaint, which alleged that Centralia had let its water system become polluted by typhoid germs, *468with the result that the plaintiff wife imbibed that disease. What expressly determined the demurrer was plaintiff’s failure to file a claim with the city in the thirty days required by Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7998 (P. C. 77 § 57). That section expressly forbids the payment of any claims not seasonably presented, that is, “within thirty days after the time when such claim for damages accrued . . . All such claims for damages must accurately…
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