Norwegian Danish Methodist Episcopal Church v. Home Telephone Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered March SI, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages to property from blasting.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This action was brought by the respondent to recover damages. It seems that it was necessary to blast out a ditch or conduit in one of the streets of the city *512of Spokane, and adjacent to the property owned by respondent, in which to put the wires and conduits belonging to appellant’s telephone system. The complaint alleges that the damages resulted because of the careless and negligent manner in which the work was done by appellant, its agents, and servants. Appellant’s answer is a general denial. At the trial, respondent showed the character and extent of its damage, and there was some…
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