Marks v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered December 21, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action to recover damages to the plaintiff’s property caused by the removal of its lateral support. It is alleged that the plaintiff is the owner of lots six and seven, in block forty, of C. D. Boren’s addition to Seattle; that James F. McNeill, Lulu C. McNeill and Ellen Leonora Price, as heirs at law of W. A. McNeill, deceased, have an interest in the property, but having refused to join as plaintiffs, are made defendants; that in 1907, the city, by ordinance, changed the grade of Fifth avenue and Fifth avenue south in the city of Seattle; that, pursuant to that ordinance, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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