Rogers v. City of Spokane

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, C. J.

— This is an action by the respondent against the city of Spokane, for damages received by re*169spondent while acting as a duly authorized scavenger for said city, in removing the contents of a cesspool and disposing of the same in the Spokane river from the city dump structure, by reason of respondent and his team being precipitated from said dump structure into the Spokane river on account of the alleged unsafe structure maintained by the city. The complaint contained the usual allegations of negligence on the part of the city and damages…