McDonald v. Spokane County

53 Wn.2d 685 (1959)

336 P.2d 127

CHARLES T. McDONALD, Appellant,

v.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Respondent.[1]

No. 34397.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 5, 1959.

Graves, Kiser & Gaiser, and Paul H. Graves, for appellant.

Del Cary Smith & Del Cary Smith, Jr., John J. Lally, and John P. Tracy, Jr., for respondent.

MALLERY, J.

The plaintiff and his companion were injured on January 4, 1956, while driving his car toward his farm on the Wild Rose road in Spokane county, when they ran into a washout. Heavy and protracted rain had caused flood conditions in the county, which had engaged the full attention…