Curtis v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered February 27, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained in the collapse of a bridge.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a fall through a bridge in the city of Tacoma. The bridge was a wooden structure, about two hundred feet in length, varying from twelve to thirty feet above the gulch which it spans, and was constructed about fifteen years ago. In the month of July, 1905, the defendant Barber Asphalt Paving Company was engaged in paving North K street, in close proximity to this bridge, under a contract with the city of Tacoma, and the defendant Anderson was the superintendent in charge of the work. By direction of the defendants, the…
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