PETERSON v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 34194.

51 Wn.2d 187 (1957)

316 P.2d 904

CHARLES PETERSON et al., Respondents, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

October 24, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.C. Van Soelen, C.C. McCullough, and John P. Harris, for appellant.

Leon L. Wolfstone and Barbara Ohnick, for respondents.


FINLEY, J.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by respondent wife when she slipped and fell on a snow-covered street, after debarking from a passenger bus operated by appellant city. Hereinafter any reference to respondent will mean respondent wife.

In the evening on March 3, 1955, respondent boarded a bus near her residence to go downtown to a meeting. Earlier that afternoon it had snowed in parts of Seattle, including the...

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