Hobert v. City of Seattle

*332The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hadley, J.

This action was brought by respondent against appellant, the city of Seattle, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received through the negligence 'of appellant. The negligence charged is that:of permitting a trench to be uncovered, unguarded, and without lights or signals of danger on that part of Twenty-fourth avenue where the same intersects with East Howell street in said city. It is alleged that the Jrench was about eight feet in depth, three feet in width, and that it extended many yards north and south on said…