Carroll v. Centralia Water Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

This action was brought by the respondent, to recover damages for injuries sustained by falling *614into an excavation alleged to have been made in a common and public highway, in the city of Centraba, and negligently left open and unguarded by the appellant. Judgment was entered upon the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff, to reverse which the defendant prosecutes this appeal.

It is shown by the evidence in this case, beyond dispute, that the appellant corporation caused a hole about four feet deep and some eighteen or twenty inches in…