Dunkin v. City of Hoquiam
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered April 15, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries sustained by a bicyclist through an obstruction in a street.
1Opinion of the Court
Gose, J.-
This is a suit to recover damages for personal injuries. From a verdict and judgment against the city it has appealed.
The complaint states, that the appellant is a municipal corporation of the second class; that Second street is one of its principal streets and is planked for a width of twenty feet; that on September 24, 1908, at 9:80 o’clock in the evening, the street was obstructed by a ridge of soft mud, two feet in height and four to six feet in width, extending the full width of the street; that the city had notice of the obstruction, and that there were no lights or guards to…
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