City of Spokane v. Costello
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Belt, J., entered October 11, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the city, in an action upon a contractor’s bond to recover the amount of a judgment recovered against and paid by the city.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
— In September, 1901, one Philip Bom recovered a judgment against the city of Spokane for personal injuries suffered, as he alleged, from a fall into- an excavation made in a street of the city which the city had negligently allowed to remain unguarded or otherwise unprotected. The city appealed from the judgment, but the same was affirmed by this court. Born v. Spokane, 21 Wash. 719, 68 Pac. 386. After the case was remanded with instructions to carry the judgment into execution, the city paid the judgment, and thereupon instituted this action to recover the amount so paid from the…
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