Hummel v. Peterson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered July 3, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Respondent brought this action to recover damages for the removal of lateral support. The property of both respondent and appellants is situate upon a hillside having a slope of about forty-five degrees. Appellants own the lower lot, and between their lot and that of respondent there is an ungraded thirty-foot street. It is unnecessary to state the facts, since the only question arising upon the appeal is one of law which is in no way controlled by any of the facts in the case other than those disclosing the relative location of the respective lots, the excavation on appellants’ lot, and the…
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