Cole v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered December £2, 1910, in favor of the defendant, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian through a defective sidewalk.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The appellant brought this action to recover damages on account of personal injuries, claimed to have been received by stepping upon a defective planlt in the sidewalk on one of the streets of Seattle. ■ The complaint was demurred to on account of its failure to allege the presenting to the city council, and the filing with the city clerk, of a claim for damages in form and manner as required by the city charter. The recitals of the complaint on this point are as follows:
“(7) That on the 27th day of September, 1909, said sidewalk was repaired at the place where said accident occurred by…
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