Decker v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered March 6, 1914, dismissing an action in tort, upon granting a nonsuit, after a trial before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This case presents the same questions as those involved in Jorguson v. Seattle, ante p. 126, 141 Pac. 334, *138and is, in the main, controlled by that decision. The only additional question is as to the sufficiency of the claim presented to the city council and filed with the city clerk. This claim was verified on February 12, 1913, and was presented and filed February 15, 1913. It contained the statement “that the claimants’ residence for one year last past has been and now is No. 1122, Tenth avenue south, Seattle, Washington.” The uncontradicted evidence was to the effect that the residence of…
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