Bullock v. Yakima Valley Transportation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Taylor, J., entered March 2,1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained through a defective sidewalk.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
Respondent brought suit against Yakima County and Yakima Valley Transportation Company to recover damages for personal injury. A county road, for convenience called Naches highway, ran from the town of Selah, past several factories and canneries, to the Northern Pacific Depot some distance away. It was extensively traveled, both by vehicles and pedestrians. Originally this road was much narrower than it now is. About 1909, the property owners, wishing to have the road widened, deeded strips of land to the county for that purpose. Shortly after the road was thus widened, the property owners…
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