Elston v. McGlauflin
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered September 24, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action in tort, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This case was brought by plaintiff to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by reason of the negligent construction of an apartment house upon an abutting lot. The property is situate upon a steep hill side. It is alleged that defendants made a cut into the hill without supporting it in any way, and thereafter, when the land began to slide, put in an insufficient support. The testimony of defendants tended to show that the slide resulted because of an insufficient retaining wall which plaintiffs had erected upon their own property, and against which earth had been filled to a depth of…
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