Reidhead v. Skagit County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Skagit county, Joiner, J., entered upon a verdict of a jury rendered June 16, 1902, in favor of plaintiffs, for $1,000 for damages for the death of Andrew P. Reidhead, attributed to the lack of guardrails on a county bridge.
1Per curiam
This action was begun in the superior court of Skagit county by Lydia H. Reidhead and Vina C. Reidhead, a minor, by her guardian, against Skagit county, for the purpose of recovering damages for the death of Andrew Pearl Reidhead, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the county. The negligence, as set out in the complaint, was that the county had constructed and maintained a bridge on a public highway without providing guardrails or other proper protection along the sides of the structure, whereby the deceased fell from the said bridge to the bottom of the ravine below, the same…
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