McSweyn v. City of Everett

— This action was brought against the city of Everett on account of the death of Malcolm N. McSweyn from typhoid fever, alleged to have resulted from drinking contaminated water furnished by tjhe city in the summer of 1923. The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment on a verdict, in favor of the city.

The decedent and his family were residents of Everett, and during that summer were patrons of the water supply owned and furnished by the city. He drank the water and died of typhoid fever. The record shows that, within a comparatively short time that summer, there were about eighty cases of…