Legal Opinion
Wong Kee Jun v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1927No. 19964. Department TwoPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
Respondents by this action seek recov-
ery of damages to their real property, alleged to have been caused by a slide resulting from the removal of lateral support by the city in its regrade of certain adjacent streets some years before. Their claim for damages was filed with the city on December 1, 1923, and the defendant city, by demurrer, by appropriate motions and by requested instructions and exceptions to instructions given, sought to limit the plaintiff’s right of recovery to those damages which may have been sustained within a period beginning thirty days prior to the filing of the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Kincaid v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Conger v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1921
- State ex rel. Smith v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1901
- Brown v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1892
- Born v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1902
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Crescent Wharf & Warehouse Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
- Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation Dist. No. 1 v. WarfordArizona Supreme Court · 1949
- Boitano v. Snohomish CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1941
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Sunnyside Valley Irrigation DistrictWashington Supreme Court · 1975
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