Armstrong v. Town of Cosmopolis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This action was brought for the wrongful death of husband and father, caused by alleged unguarded and unlighted sidewalks in the defendant town, Cosmopolis. The town is situated on the Chehalis river. First street, where the accident occurred, is a long street running-parallel with the river, and one block back. Crossing this street practically at right angles, and west of the business portion of the town, is a slough called “shingle mill slough,” used by the shingle mill on the west bank as a log-pond. The tide ebbs and flows at this point…