Lough v. John Davis & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This is an action against an agent, who was authorized to rent and repair the tenement house described in the complaint, for permitting the house to become unsafe for want of repairs, from which cause the plaintiff was injured. Paragraph 2 of the complaint is as follows:

“That at all said times and for a long time before, the above named defendant, Sheldon R. Webb, has been and still is the owner of that certain real property known as lots 8 and 9, in block 38, of A. A. Denny’s Addition to the City of Seattle, and of the buildings thereon…