Murray v. City of Spokane

Citations

• 117 Wash. 401
• 201 P. 745
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 865

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (426, 465) — Sidewalks—Snow and Ice— Negligence — Question for Jury. Where for a month or more ice had remained upon a city sidewalk at a place where a woman slipped and was injured by a fall, the ice being uneven and rounded upon the sidewalk which sloped in two directions, the city was liable in damages, though the water from which the ice was partly formed came from adjoining premises; nor would the fact that there had been alternate thawing and freezing relieve the city.</p> <p>New Trial (40) — Grounds—Newly Discovered Evidence. The denial of a motion for new trial is not an abuse of the court’s discretion, where affidavits alleging newly discovered evidence are contradicted by counter-affidavits.</p>