SIGURDSON v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 33341.

48 Wn.2d 155 (1956)

292 P.2d 214

LENA SIGURDSON, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

January 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.C. Van Soelen and C.C. McCullough, for appellant.

Kumm, Copass & Cook, for respondent.


OTT, J.

In 1936, the works progress administration, a Federal agency, constructed and installed a drainage system on property owned by King county, located in Seattle between Alki avenue and the intersection of Sunset avenue and West Seattle street. The system extends westward from a spring below Sunset avenue, and empties into Puget Sound. After the drainage system was constructed, the maintenance thereof was assumed by the city.

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