Bull v. City of Spokane

Citations

• 46 Wash. 237
• 89 P. 555
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 597

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Negligence — Defective Sidewalk — Question for Jury. In an action against a city to recover for a fall upon a sidewalk, evidence of the plaintiff that she was on the sidewalk when she fell is sufficient to make a question for the jury as to such fact.</p> <p>Same — Evidence of ‘Negligence — Sufficiency. In an action to recover for a fall upon an icy sidewalk, there is sufficient evidence of negligence upon the part of the city, where it appears that the snow and ice had been piled up for four weeks on the sidewalk, which was very slippery, and that people had to take the middle of the road to avoid falling, nothing having been done to remove the snow and ice for about four weeks.</p>