Kennett v. Yates

In this action, plaintiff sought to recover damages for injuries allegedly suffered as the proximate result of his falling through a door from which defendants had removed a large plate glass panel which had been broken from some unknown cause.

Defendants are the owners of the Smith Tower, a large office_building in Seattle, and their property managers who operate the building. Plaintiff is a practicing attorney, who, on February 4, 1948, when the accident occurred, had been a tenant in the Smith Tower for approximately twenty-two years.

In his complaint plaintiff made several allegations of…