Dignan v. County of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Carey, J., entered November 4, 1905, in favor of the defendant, granting a nonsuit at the close of plaintiff’s case, in an action for personal injuries sustained through a defective bridge.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant was injured by the overturning of a wagon in which she was riding, and brought this action t» recover therefor, alleging that the proximate cause of the accident causing the injury was a defect in the county road along which she was being driven. At the place of the injury a gully or ravine crossed the road at right angles, at the bottom, of which was a drainage ditch, which was bridged over by heavy planking laid on stringers. The stringers upon which the planking rested had become somter what decayed, allowing the nails which originally held the planking to the stringers to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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