Vittucci Importing Co. v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 72 Wash. 192
• 130 P. 109
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1430

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Sewers—Damages From Obstruction —Negligence. A city is not liable for damages to property through the obstruction of a sewer unless negligence on its part be proven.</p> <p>Same — Duty of Inspection. A city owes the duty of reasonable inspection of its sewers, and its liability for damages to property by reason of obstructions does not depend upon notice to it by the property owner.</p> <p>Samp — Negligence—Evidence—Sufficiency. The fact thait a city sewer became obstructed, and overflowed and caused damage to property, and that there existed no extraordinary conditions such as floods or freshets, establishes a prima facie case of negligence against the city, and casts the burden on it of showing that it had exercised ordinary care in performing its duty of inspection.</p>