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· 2/19/1913

Donofrio v. City of Seattle

Citations

  • 72 Wash. 178
  • 129 P. 1094
  • 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1427

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Grade oe Street — “Damaging” oe Property —Compensation—Remedies—Injunction. A city in making the original grade of a street, has no right to extend the foot of the fill upon abutting property, or in making a cut, to construct the slope thereon; since it would be a “damaging” of private property without just compensation having been first paid into court, within •Const., art. 1, §16; and injunction is the proper remedy to prevent the same, if the damages are substantial.</p>

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  • where a hotel clerk was injured by a stalled elevator, the court addressed whether the hotel operator, not a landowner, was liable for negligence and therefore did not analyze premises liability
  • hotel clerk, elevator operator, injured while attempting to run defective elevator

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