Welch v. Seattle & Montana Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered March 17, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action in tort, after a trial on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff and respondent John M. Welch, who is a saloon keeper, and his wife, to recover compensation for loss of business resulting from damage to the building which he occupied as a saloon at the time of the construction of the Great Northern tunnel in Seattle. The complaint alleges, in substance, that *98the defendants, in the construction of said tunnel, excavated through, across, and underneath the surface of lot 10, in block G, particularly through, across and underneath that portion of said lot covered by plaintiffs’ building, held under a certain lease; and…
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