Legal Opinion

Clausing v. Kershaw

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 24, 1924No. 18456PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPemberton, J.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries received by respondent as a result of a fall on the sidewalk in front of a building owned by the appellants W. E. Kershaw and Ruth E. Ker-shaw, in the appellant city of Yakima.

The testimony shows that the Kershaws were the owners of a building known as the Kershaw Building, in the city of Yakima, and in the summer of 1922 constructed in the center of the cement sidewalk in front of the building a light-well, eighteen feet long by six feet wide, consisting of pieces of glass about four inches square, between which there was a smooth substance…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. McQuillan v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Matsuda v. HammondWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Smith v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Calder v. City of Walla WallaWashington Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Samuels v. Hiawatha Holstein Dairy Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1921

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Dorsey v. BarbaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Genzel v. HalvorsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
  3. Stahlheber v. American Cyanamid CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
  4. Kraas v. American Bakeries Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  5. Markota v. East Ohio Gas Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1951

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