Clark v. City of Olympia

Citations

• 117 Wash. 506
• 201 P. 755
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 872

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (568) — Claims—Time for Filing — Evidence. It cannot be objected that a claim against a city was not filed within the thirty days required by Rem. Code, § 7998, where the evidence shows damage to property through the negligence of the city occurred during the latter part of the month of January and the claim was filed on February 17.</p> <p>Same (566) —Claims — Recitals — Sufficiency. The “items of damages” required under Rem. Code, § 7998, to be set out in a claim against a city are sufficiently specified where the claim sets out in detail the making of a street improvement, a description of the property, the character of the soil, the removal of lateral support, the extent of the slide, and the damages suffered.</p> <p>Same (190) — Streets—Improvement — Damages — Removal of Lateral Support. A city is liable for removal of lateral support to property in making an original grade of the street, where it negligently leaves a clay bank exposed, since it is chargeable with knowledge that the bank is likely to slide when subjected to the action of the elements.</p>