Hilgar v. City of Walla Walla
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered March 4, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits, in an action for the wrongful death of an employee.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In January, 1907, the city of Walla Walla was engaged in putting in a pipe line for the purpose of conveying water from the source of supply down to the city. A large ditch had been dug in which to lay the pipe, which, at the place of the accident hereinafter mentioned, was some seven feet in depth. At that place, also, it was desired to put a fork in the pipe line, and to that end the *471ditch had been forked, leaving a tongue of earth between the forks, which ranged in width from a few inches at the point of junction to four or five feet at a point some sixty feet therefrom. In laying the…
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