Murphy v. City of Tacoma

This is an appeal from an order granting the city’s motion for judgment n.o.v. and striking the jury’s awards totalling $10,000 for mental anguish, suffering, discomfort, annoyance and inconvenience in three consolidated actions for damages to appellants’ real property, alleged to have been caused by the acts of the city performed in connection with a public improvement described in this opinion.

This appeal is stated to be “a consolidated appeal on a short record.” The appropriateness of this characterization may seem questionable in view of the fact that the record contains transcripts of…