Boskovich v. King County

—The Renton-Maple Valley road, in King county, is a well traveled thoroughfare, and runs for a considerable distance by the side of Cedar river. For a distance east from the city of Renton, the road runs generally east and west, and lies at the foot of high and often steep hills, which border it on the north. The road is sixty feet in width, twenty feet of which is paved. The high land bordering the road often contains clay strata, porous earth and springs, a combination which at times results in slides. The road was established in 1923 and has been maintained ever since.

Plaintiff, Mary…