Cunningham v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 40 Wash. 59
• 82 P. 143
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 937

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Maintenance oe Pire Department — Governmental Function — Negligence op Employees — Injuries Resulting prom Trespassing by Horse Used in Flre Department— Non-Liability. A city is not liable for damages caused by a horse used in its flre department, which was permitted to trespass upon plaintiff’s lawn through the negligence of the firemen, since the maintenance of its fire department Is the exercise of a governmental function (Rudkin and Fullerton, JJ., dissenting).</p>