City of Seattle v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered February 9, 1907, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action upon a contract of indemnity.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
This is an action by the respondent against appellants for an alleged breach of conditions contained in certain franchise ordinances, wherein appellants agreed to keep certain portions of Railroad avenue in the city of Seattle planked and in repair, and to save the city harmless from the payment of any and all damages growing out of, or in any way connected with, the rights, privileges, or franchises granted by said ordinances. The facts out of which the litigation arose are about these: In September, 1900, one Edwin Eskildsen, a boy four years of age, while walking along Railroad avenue,…
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- Eskildsen v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1902
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