McMaugh v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action for injuries to the person of Mrs. McMaugh alleged to have been caused by the defective condition of a crosswalk, etc., in the defendant city. The city appealed from an order overruling its demurrer to the complaint as not stating a cause of action.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action for injuries to the person of Mrs. McMaugh alleged to have been caused by the defective condition of a crosswalk, etc., in the defendant city. The city appealed from an order overruling its demurrer to the complaint as not stating a cause of action. The substance of the complaint is stated in the opinion. contended, 1. That the charter of the city did not impose upon it the duty of building sidewalks, crosswalks and bridges across gutters, and if there was any provision for them it must be by ordinance of the common council, and such…
1Opinion of the CourtCole , J.
This is an action brought against tbe city of Milwaukee to recover damages for an injury sustained by the female plaintfii, who slipped and fell upon -a crosswalk which extends across the north gutter of Park street in said city, at the place where such gutter intersects the crosswalk along the east side of Greenbush street.
Among other things it is alleged in the complaint, that the grade of Greenbush street, as established by a city ordinance, descends from north to south at the rate of one foot in one hundred feet, and no more; that the grade of Park street, as established by ordinance,…
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