Sheehan v. Bailey Building Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered June 10, 1905, upon granting a nonsuit, in an action for personal injuries sustained in falling down a stairway.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
— The respondent is the owner of a large brick and stone office building, situated on the west side of Second avenue, in the city of Seattle. Just south of this building, with a narrow private alley-way between, is the Butler block, a large brick and stone hotel building. In the basement of the Bailey building is a restaurant, which is reached from Second avenue by means of a stairway, about four feet, six *537inches wide, and situated in the alley-way between said buildings. The top of this stairway is four feet and seven inches from the line of the front (east side) of said buildings, which…
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