City of Puyallup v. Vergowe
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Easterday, J., entered August 19, 1915, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to recover over from a contractor the amount paid in satisfaction of a judgment for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian through a defective street, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Chadwick, J. —
In November, 1908, appellant George E. Vergowe contracted with the city of Puyallup to grade and park Union avenue, a thoroughfare of that city. While the work was in progress, one Josephine Stine brought suit, and recovered damages in the sum of $3,000, for injuries sustained at one of the Union avenue crossings. Vergowe, the contractor, was not made a party to the action.
The contract for the improvement of Union avenue contained the following clause:
“Special care shall be taken by the contractor not to obstruct travel from any direction and to cause as little inconvenience as…
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