Kirtley v. County of Spokane

Citations

• 20 Wash. 111
• 54 P. 936
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 476

Syllabus

<p>COUNTIES—DEFECTIVE BRIDGES — LIABILITY FOR INJURIES.</p> <p>A county is liable for personal injuries resulting from a defective bridge, under Code Proc. § 672 (Bal. Code, § 5674), providing tbat an action may be maintained against a county “for an injury to the rights of the plaintiff arising from some act or omission of such county,” since the duty of keeping bridges in repair is imposed upon counties by Gen. Stat., §§ 2068, 2070 (Bal. Code, §§ 3834, 3836).</p>