Haynes v. City of Seattle

The respondent, a minor of the age of nine years, brought this action by his guardian against the city of Seattle to recover for personal injuries. At the time he received his injury, the respondent was attending one of the primary public schools of the city of Seattle. The land upon which the school building was constructed abutted upon a street known as Eleventh avenue north, the land' opening directly upon the street, no fence or barriers of any kind being erected to separate the one from the other. On the day of the accident, a force of men working for the city were engaged in stretching…