Legal Opinion

Norton v. Pacific Power & Light Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1914No. 11646PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Mills, J., entered March 27, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, for personal injuries sustained in a fall upon a sidewalk.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries which are claimed to have resulted to the plaintiff Anna Selkirk Norton, from the negligence of the defendant in maintaining a gas pipe projecting through the sidewalk in a public street in Walla Walla. Verdict and *626judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant has appealed.

Appellant maintains a gas main in the street in front of the respondents’ home in Walla Walla. At the time in question, there was a gas pipe projecting through the sidewalk, near its outer edge, in front of respondents’ home, at a height…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Spoar v. Turn-VereinWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. International Development Co. v. SangerWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  3. State v. Lee Wing WahWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Bellingham v. LinckWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Haines & Spencer v. KelleyWashington Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Turpen v. JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Thurman v. KildallWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  3. State v. ArmstrongWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Davidson v. KingWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Simpson v. Sisters of Charity of the House of ProvidenceWashington Supreme Court · 1919

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