Tibbits v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered December 2, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in consolidated actions for personal injuries sustained by minors through the explosion of a dynamite cap.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
These three actions were brought separately to recover damages for personal injuries. They arose out of *571the same accident, and depend upon the same state of facts. After the issues were made up, the causes were consolidated and tried as one case to the court and a jury. Verdict was returned in favor of the defendant. The plaintiffs have appealed.
It appears that the city of Spokane, in June, 1909, was constructing some water mains within the city, and was making excavations for such mains. In making these excavations, blasting was necessary, and certain caps and fuses were used by the…
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