Washington Supreme Court October 11, 1892, No. 411 (Parke v. City of Seattle)

lead-opinion

*3The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

The appellant, as plaintiff in the superior court, brought this action against the city of Seattle to recover damages from the municipality for so negligently excavating certain streets abutting upon his premises as to cause the hillside, of which his premises formed a part, to bodily slide down into the streets, and thus cause