Le Claire v. Washington Water Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Baske, J., entered December 21, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On July 19, 1910, the appellant, The Washington Water Power Company, was engaged in constructing a dam for a power site across the Spokane river at a place thereon called Little Falls. The dam as constructed extended from the east bank of the stream westerly for a distance of some 180 feet, whence it turned at a right angle to the south for a distance of about 1,000 feet to the west bank of the river, where the power house was situated. The main current of the stream struck the dam at its shorter arm, from whence it was diverted around the corner of the dam to the longer arm, where a channel…
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