Smith v. King County

This action arose out of the alleged negligence of King county in the maintenance of a public recreation area near Enumclaw. Within the area was a large field house, which was, on the night of November 23, 1945, being used for a “teen-agers’ ” dance. A jury could have found that along the entire south side of the building was a light and air well for the benefit of the basement. Along the outer edge of the light and air well there was a wall made of stones set in cement, which wall varied in height from eighteen inches to a trifle more than two feet. At twelve-foot intervals along this stone…