Legal Opinion
Smith v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 1918No. 14732PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Carey, J., entered September 17, 3917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a fall upon a defective street.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— Respondents allege as a cause of action:
“That on, and long prior to, the 2d day of January, 1917, the defendant negligently permitted and maintained a manhole covering in Post street, at the south*315east corner of Main avenne, in said city, within the lines (extended) of the sidewalk on the south side of said Main avenue; which covering was of rounded surface, which surface had by long use and travel thereupon and thereover become smooth and slippery; which slipperiness was increased by water, ice, or snow thereon.
“That, by reason of said rounded surface and by reason of said smoothness and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Seattle v. Puget Sound Improvement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1907
- Smith v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1903
- Piper v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1900
- DeLor v. SymonsWashington Supreme Court · 1916
- Smith v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mahon v. American Cas. Co. of ReadingNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
- Thornton v. EnerothWashington Supreme Court · 1934