Carter v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King County. — lion. Orange Jacobs, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dunbar, J.
This is an action brought by the respondent against the city of Seattle, a municipal corporation, to recover the sum of $5,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of his falling into an excavation or hole in the sidewalk of a certain street of said city, the allegation being that the city had negligently constructed a sidewalk at said point so as to render said place dangerous and unsafe, and negligently permitted said sidewalk at that place, up to and including said date, to remain in a dangerous and unsafe…
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- Baird v. . DalyNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad v. Hawthorne, Washington Territory1888
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