Armstrong v. City of Seattle

The plaintiff is the owner of lots 24 and 25, of Edgewater Addition to the city of Seattle. February 18, 1932, she filed a claim against the city for three thousand dollars, charging that, during the preceding six months, officers and agents of the city had damaged the lots in that amount by the removal of three thousand cubic yards of gravel. The claim not being allowed, this action was brought.

The complaint set up two causes of action. The first was for three thousand dollars, the alleged value of the gravel taken; the second was for five thousand dollars, the alleged damage to the lots…