Teater v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 10 Wash. 327
• 38 P. 1006
• 1894 Wash. LEXIS 217

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — LIABILITY FOR DEFECT IN BRIDGE— PROXIMATE CAUSE.</p> <p>The fact that a runaway team of horses while under full headway, dashes over the side of a bridge at a point where the city has provided no guard rail, does not render the city liable for the injury, if the bridge was in a reasonably safe condition, and the fright of the horses had not been caused by any negligence chargeable to the city.</p> <p>A city is not the insurer of the safety of its streets, but is only required to keep them in a safe condition for ordinary travel.</p>