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SADO v. SPOKANE

No. 2381-3.

22 Wn. App. 298 (1979)

588 P.2d 1231

JOHN S. SADO, ET AL, Appellants, CECIL STOCKNER, ET AL, Respondents, v. THE CITY OF SPOKANE, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

January 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fish & Schultz, James A. Fish, and Stanley R. Schultz, for appellants.

MacGillivray & Jones, Dan W. Keefe, and Floyd Ivey, for respondents.

MUNSON, C.J.

In January 1974, Latah Creek, a stream meandering through the southwest section of the city of Spokane, flooded and damaged private property adjoining the creek.1 Nine property owners brought suit against the City. Five of those property owners, hereinafter referred to as downstream owners, alleged the City negligently constructed and maintained an embankment which failed to confine the course of the creek at the time of the...

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