Shannon v. City of Tacoma
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered Hovember 7, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained through a defective sidewalk.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant Helen E'. Shannon, while walking along a sidewalk in the city of Tacoma, received an injury to her foot, and this action was brought to recover therefor. In their complaint the appellants allege that the respondent city negligently allowed the walk where the injury occurred to become worn out and decayed and otherwise out of repair, and that there was, at the time of the accident, a hole therein some eight inches wide and three feet long; that the appellant Helen- E. Shannon, while walking along the same in the night time, stepped into the hole, caught her foot therein, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jordan v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1902
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