Fletcher v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, T'allman, J., entered September 29, 1905, in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for damages1, for the original grading of a street.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
Without making a specific statement of this case, the contention of the appellant is that a city is not-liable for damages for the original grading of a street, where such grade is a reasonable one and the work is properly done. The court below, in an action for damages, under such a state of facts-, decided that the- city was liable, judgment was entered for the claimants, and. this appeal is taken from such judgment.
This question has never been squarely presented to this court, although the appellant relies somewhat on the case of Brown v. Seattle, 5 Wash. 35, 31 Pac. 313, 32 Pac. 214, 18…
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