Fehler v. City of Montesano
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Grays Harbor county, Shéeks, J., entered June 19, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for personal injuries sustained upon a sidewalk.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
The city of Montesano, in 1910, constructed a sidewalk above a slough, and supported it by braces nailed to piling. In 1919, the respondent J. Gr. Fehler, while returning from his work in the dusk of the evening, had' occasion to cross this sidewalk, which, without warning, collapsed under him, occasioning his fall of a distance of eighteen feet, with serious results, the subject-matter of this lawsuit. The jury returned a verdict for $16,600 against the city, which has appealed.
The principal assignments of error relate to the refusal of the trial court to give instructions requested by the…
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