Grass v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 100 Wash. 542
• 171 P. 533

Syllabus

<p>New Trial—Grant of New Trial—Harmless Error. It is error to grant a new trial for irregularities in submitting the ease to the jury where, under the evidence, no other verdict could be permitted to stand.</p> <p>Municipal Corporations—Injuries on Sidewalks—Negligence— Evidence—Sufficiency. It is not negligence for a city to maintain a concrete walk with a break one and one-eighth inches at the inner side, tapering to nothing at the curb, 'where it appears that it was not observable unless one looked right at the spot, and plaintiff did not know of its existence, although using it frequently.</p>