Ziegler v. City of Spokane

Citations

• 25 Wash. 439
• 65 P. 752
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 412

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — DEFECTIVE WALKS QUESTION FOR JURY.</p> <p>In an action for personal injuries received from a fall upon a sidewalk, the question of the city’s negligence was properly submitted to the jury, where there was evidence tending to show that the sidewalk was full of holes caused by the decay of the materials of which it was constructed and that plaintiff’s fall ■was caused by her stepping into one of these holes, although the evidence showed that on the day preceding the accident a fall of slushy snow occurred, which froze hard during the night, leaving the walk in a very slippery condition, and there was. evidence from which it might he inferred that the icy condition of the walk was the cause of the accident.</p>