Isaacs v. National Bank of Commerce

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury awarding damages for personal injuries.

The facts are substantially as follows: The respondent was visiting in the city of Richland. Early Saturday afternoon, September 3, 1955, he was walking in the shade (which covered approximately one half of the sidewalk) in front of appellant bank’s building. He fell over a light green-colored garden hose which stretched across the width of the sidewalk and was attached to a spigot on the bank building. The spigot was of a type which could be turned on only by use of a special wrench or…