Wurster v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered June 29, 1908, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian in a street.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
— This was an action against the city of Seattle for the death of a ten-year-old child, caused by coming in contact with a live wire which, it is alleged, was brought^ to the ground in. a certain street in the city of Seattle by reason of the city’s negligently permitting an upright pole, on which the wire was fastened, to fall to the ground. A demurrer was interposed to the complaint, for the reasons (1) that there was a defect of parties plaintiff, (2) that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and (3) that the claim attached to-the complaint was…
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