Nordstrom v. Zindorf

Citations

• 116 Wash. 468
• 199 P. 741
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 853

Syllabus

<p>Highways (62)—Defective Sidewalk—Action fob Injury—Complaint—Sufficiency. In an action to recover damages for injuries caused by a fall upon a defective sidewalk, a complaint against the abutting property owner was good as against a general demurrer, where it alleged that some four or five years before the accident it had been negligently and defectively constructed by defendants; that nails of proper size and sufficient in number to hold the boards for any length of time had not been used, thus making the sidewalk an unsafe place to walk upon; that, though unsafe, it .presented a sound appearance, inviting its use by the public; that plaintiff was tripped and received the injuries complained of when a companion with whom she was walking stepped upon one end of a board which had become loose from the stringer to which it had been defectively nailed; that this hoard had been in such condition for a long-time, and the defective condition of the walk was known, or by the exercise of reasonable care should have been known by defendant; and that the defective condition of the sidewalk was due to the carelessness and negligence of defendant.</p>