Bloomquist v. City of La Grande

This is an action brought by the administratrix of the estate of Leroy Bloomquist, deceased, a child a little less than four years of age at the time of his death. The defendant, as the name indicates, is a municipal corporation working under an initiative charter. The plaintiff avers, in substance, that the City has power to control, improve and repair the streets within its boundaries and to abate and remove any nuisance therein. According to the complaint, North Second Street is improved its full length and where it crosses Division Street there is an irrigation ditch running along the…