HAGEN v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 34864.

54 Wn.2d 218 (1959)

339 P.2d 79

OLAF HAGEN, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.C. Van Soelen and Frank W. Draper, for appellant.

Edwards E. Merges (of Merges, Brain & Berst), for respondent.


HILL, J.

This is an action for property damage allegedly caused by the city of Seattle in the improvement of 23rd avenue southwest. The trial court directed a verdict against the city and submitted the issue of damages to the jury on special interrogatories. From the judgment entered upon the verdict and the answers to the interrogatories the city appeals.

The plat, covering the area with which we are here concerned, was recorded in 1888; and, by it, what...

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