City of Tacoma v. Scofield

The plaintiff city seeks recovery from the defendant Scofield of damages, which it claims to have suffered by being compelled to respond in damages to one Taylor by judgment rendered against it in the superior court for Pierce county, in favor of Taylor for personal injuries suffered by him as the result of a defective sidewalk on one of its streets, claimed to have become and to be maintained as defective by the fault of Scofield. A trial upon the merits in the superior court for Pierce county, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings and judgment awarding recovery to the city, from…