Legal Opinion

Ottevaere v. City of Spokane

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 19, 1916No. 12745PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered January 23, 1915, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for personal injuries.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the respondent and against the appellants on a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, in an action to recover for personal injuries suffered by the appellant Eugenie Ottevaere.

The record discloses that the appellants are the owners of certain real property situated in the city of Spokane, consisting of a lot with a dwelling house thereon. The premises are supplied with water from the city water system, the supply pipes entering the house in the basement near the floor. Some time in April, 1914, the appellants petitioned the city to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Scheffer v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hellan v. Supply Laundry Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Frazee v. Western Dairy ProductsWashington Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Cherry v. General Petroleum Corp. of CaliforniaWashington Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Jorgensen v. MassartWashington Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Imperial Candy Co. v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1916

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