Doran v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 24 Wash. 182
• 54 L.R.A. 532
• 64 P. 230
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 513

Syllabus

<p>TRESPASS RESULTING IN CONTINUED NUISANCE-ACTION FOR DAMAGES —• LIMITATIONS.</p> <p>Where a city in the improvement of a street constructed a bulkhead so negligently that it gradually gave way and encroached upon the premises of an adjoining lot owner to such an extent as to cause injury to a house situated thereon, the trespass constitutes an injury in the nature of a continuing nuisance, for which the party injured may recover accrued damages as often as he brings action therefor, and is not restricted to a single action to recover present and prospective damages; and hence the statute of limitations would not begin to run from the inception of the injury.</p>