Blomskog, Erickson & Cotton v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered June 29, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort. •
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
Appellant is the owner of property at the northeast corner of Main street and Tenth avenue, in the city of Seattle, upon which is located a building used for residential purposes. In 1909 and 1910, the respondent regraded Jackson street, which runs in an easterly and westerly direction, parallel to and one *472block south of Main street, and in that work made a seventy-two foot cut south of appellant’s property. Following this cut, the hill between Main and Jackson streets began to slide, and continued in that condition up to the time of the trial of this case. In 1916, this slide invaded the…
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