Chase v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered July 24, 1913, in favor of the defendant notwithstanding the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained through defects in a street.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant brought this action against the city of Seattle to recover for personal injuries. At the trial, the jury returned a verdict in his favor for $1,000. Subsequently the court, on the motion of the city, granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict. This appeal is from the judgment so entered.
At the time of the injury, the city was, through its contractor, constructing a sewer along Twelfth avenue northeast, a street within the city, with the usual and customary drains connecting therewith. The work had progressed to Fifty-sixth street, and at that point excavations had been sunk in…
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