Denney v. City of Everett
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered February 19, 1906, setting aside a verdict in favor of the defendant, and granting the plaintiffs a new trial, in an action against a city to recover damages to real property by reason of a change of grade.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Plaintiffs, Harriet M. Denney and John C. Denney, her husband, are the owners of an improved lot located at the corner of Hewitt and Lombard avenues in the city of Everett. In the year 1901, the defendant, the city of Everett, established and raised the grade of Lombard avenue along the west side of plaintiffs’ lot, for the purpose of constructing an approach to a bridge on Lombard avenue over a railroad track winch was located some distance to the rear of plaintiffs’ lot and extended east and west substantially parallel to Hewitt avenue. On December 24, 1904, the plaintiffs commenced this…
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