McClammy v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Belt, J., entered December 31, 1903, granting a new trial, after having sustained a challenge to plaintiffs evidence and discharged the jury, in' an action for personal injuries sustained in a fall through a trap door in the sidewalk.
1Opinion of the Court
Hadley, J. —
This suit was brought by the respondents, who are husband and wife, against the appellant, to recover damages for injuries received by respondent Etta McClammy from falling through a trap door opening upon a sidewalk. The owner of the adjoining property, B. W. Mott, was made a party defendant, but he was not served with summons, and did not appear in the action.
The complaint, briefly stated, alleges, that the part of the sidewalk in front of the building known as the Mott block, on Main avenue, in the city of Spokane, is one of the principal traveled sidewalks in said city; that…
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