Sweeney v. City of Seattle
Citations
- 57 Wash. 678
- 107 P. 843
- 1910 Wash. LEXIS 820
Syllabus
<p>Municipal Corporations — Streets—Obstructions—Special Injury — Abutting Owners — Instructions. An abutting property</p> <p>owner upon an alley, which he uses for access to his property, suffers a special damage by its obstruction which differs in kind from that suffered by the general public; and it is error to instruct the jury that he cannot recover if his damages were of the same character and kind as those sustained by owners of other property on the alley, and the general public.</p> <p>Same. Such an instruction is not cured by recalling the jury and expressly refusing to change it, but adding that what was meant was that plaintiff could not recover if he suffered only the.damages of inconvenience suffered by the general public.</p>
How courts have described this case
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Judges: Fullerton
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