Christiansen v. McLellan
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered October 23, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiif, for injuries sustained by an employee driving a team in street improvement work.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
— In the year 1911, the appellant, McLellan, had a contract with the city of Seattle to grade and otherwise improve parts of certain streets therein, included in which were parts of Battery and Elliott streets. Elliott street had been filled up to grade where it crossed Battery street, leaving an abrupt embankment of a considerable height between the surface of the streets. The improvement required the filling of Battery street at this point, and work was commenced thereon by hauling and dumping earth on the edge of the embankment on Elliott street and shoveling it from there into the street…
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