Curtis v. Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.

The James Henry Packing plant is situated on the tide flats in the city of Seattle on the west side of Ninth avenue south. One of the buildings is approximately 240 feet square and rests upon 800 piles, and in 1923 it became necessary to raise it four and one-third feet to conform to the newly established grade-on Ninth avenue south. In June the respondents took the contract to make the raise and started work in the first week of that month. The city of Seattle, desirous of changing the grade of Ninth avenue south and filling the street as it was extended over the tide flats, in March, 1923,…