Brooks v. City of Seattle

In this action, the plaintiff, as admin-istratrix, sues to recover damages from the city of Seattle on account of the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the city.

The complaint states that the city was the owner, and engaged in the erection, of a bridge across Cedar river, at or near the town of Cedar Falls, in King county; that, on March 19, 1934, in the course of construction, one of the bents, on which the decedent was working, collapsed, throwing him to the river bed below and causing his death.

It is alleged that the accident resulted from the negligent…