Billings v. City of Snohomish
Washington Supreme Court
■ Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered October 19, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $8,500, for injuries sustained in a fall upon a defective sidewalk.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
— This is an appeal by the city of Snohomish from a judgment entered against it in an action brought by the respondents, who are husband and wife, to recover for personal injuries received by the wife from a fall on the sidewalk of the appellant city. The first three assignments of error challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict. The injured respondent tripped over a board in the walk, which was raised up immediately in front of her by being stepped upon at the other end by the person with whom she was walking.
It is contended that there was no evidence tending to show…
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