Shewbridge v. King County

This is an action to recover money damages for the removal of lateral support. Kong County road 76th Place N.E. extends southeasterly-northwesterly across a sloping hillside. Plaintiffs’ property, upon which their residence is located, is uphill from and abuts the south side of the road. Defendant R. R. Morgan owns the property north of the road.

About December 1, 1962, Arthur Lehman, acting for defendant Morgan bulldozed an access road into Morgan’s property. In doing so, he undercut the toe of the slope which furnished lateral support to the road causing it to subside and slip downward.…