Postel v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 41 Wash. 432
• 83 P. 1025
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 982

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Actions—Presenting Claim — Damages Prom Grading Street — Necessity—Charter—Construction. Art. 4, Sec. 29, of the charter of Seattle requiring all claims for damages to be filed with the city clerk within thirty days, applies to claims for damages to lots by reason of a change of grade, although the section provides that all such claims must “locate and describe the defect that caused the injury” (Rudkin, X, dissenting).</p> <p>Same — Time for Piling — Reasonableness. Art. 4, Sec. 29, of the charter of Seattle requiring all claims for damages to be filed with the city clerk within thirty days, is not void as fixing an unreasonable time within which to file claims (Rudkin, X, dissenting).</p>