Bjorvatn v. Pacific Mechanical Construction, Inc.

77 Wn.2d 563 (1970)

464 P.2d 432

ODDMUND BJORVATN et al., Respondents,

v.

PACIFIC MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., et al., Appellants.[*]

No. 39979.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 15, 1970.

Guttormsen, Scholfield, Willits & Ager, by Frank D. Howard, and Thomas D. Frey, for appellants.

Young & Hoff, by Victor V. Hoff, for respondents.

HALE, J.

When the Bjorvatns bought their house on Sand Point Way Northeast in Seattle in 1962, they knew it had been badly damaged by a sinking of the land. They did not expect, however, that, years after they had repaired and restored the house, the…