From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Clark v. Tacoma Housing

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One
Jul 1, 1974
11 Wn. App. 518 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974)

Opinion

No. 2055-1.

July 1, 1974.

[1] Judgment — Summary Judgment — Review — Record on Appeal. In order to review a summary judgment, an appellate court must have before it the precise record considered by the trial court, which may be provided by a statement of facts containing such information and certified by the trial court, or may be identified in the summary judgment, signed by the trial court, and furnished by a transcript certified by the court clerk, or by a combination of the two. [See 5 Am.Jur.2d, Appeal and Error § 853.]

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for Pierce County, No. 209097, Stanley W. Worswick, J., entered November 20, 1972.

Healy Godderis and William N. Goodwin, Jr., for appellants.

Davies, Pearson, Anderson, Gadbow Hayes, P.S., and Larry E. Levy, for respondent.


Affirmed.

Action for personal injuries. The plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment in favor of one of the defendants.


Sharon Clark was bitten by a dog owned by a third party while she was on premises leased to that party (or another) by the Tacoma Housing Authority. She brought action against the Tacoma Housing Authority and the City of Tacoma to recover for her personal injury. The defendants moved for summary judgment which was granted. She appeals; we affirm.

The trial court held that under the facts of the matter (1) there was no common-law liability of the landlord for injury to the tenant as the result of a dangerous animal, and (2) under RCW 35.82.010, et seq., there was no duty on the part of the Housing Authority to provide safe and sanitary housing to protect the tenants from dangerous animals. [1] In American Universal Ins. Co. v. Ranson, 59 Wn.2d 811, 815, 370 P.2d 867 (1962), the Supreme Court held:

In an appellate review of a summary judgment entered pursuant to Rule of Pleading, Practice and Procedure 56, RCW Vol. 0, this court can review only those matters that have been presented to the trial court for its consideration before entry of the summary judgment. The matters considered may be certified to this court by either of two methods, or a combination of them. First, they may be incorporated in a statement of facts certified by the trial court; second, they may be identified with particularity in the summary judgment signed by the trial court and then furnished to this court by transcript certified by the clerk of court. The reason is obvious: it would be unfair to consider, on appellate review, matters not presented to the trial court for its consideration. We must have before us the precise record — no more and no less — considered by the trial court. The court may consider, of course, those matters which it may notice judicially.

These requirements were repeated in Harris v. Kuhn, 80 Wn.2d 630, 632, 497 P.2d 164 (1972) and Raabe v. Coy, 2 Wn. App. 161, 467 P.2d 326 (1970).

Here, the Clarks filed a transcript certified by the clerk of the Superior Court instead of a statement of facts. The order granting summary judgment does not identify what was considered by the trial court in reaching its ruling and there is nothing before us to supply that information. We cannot determine whether all of the pleadings, depositions and affidavits considered by the trial court are in the transcript, nor can we determine which of those that are included were considered. The record is insufficient to permit appellate review.

Affirmed.

Petition for rehearing denied August 22, 1974.

Review denied by Supreme Court October 11, 1974.


Summaries of

Clark v. Tacoma Housing

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One
Jul 1, 1974
11 Wn. App. 518 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974)
Case details for

Clark v. Tacoma Housing

Case Details

Full title:JAMES D. CLARK et al., Appellants, v. TACOMA HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent

Court:The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One

Date published: Jul 1, 1974

Citations

11 Wn. App. 518 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974)
11 Wash. App. 518
523 P.2d 1200

Citing Cases

Roil Energy, LLC v. Edington

We must have before us the precise record reviewed by the trial court when granting summary judgment. Harris…

Roil Energy, LLC v. Edington

We must have before us the precise record reviewed by the trial court when granting summary judgment. Harris…