Hampton v. City of Duluth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $5,325 for injuries received from a fall upon the accumulated ice on one of defendant’s streets. The case was tried before Dancer, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $1,000. Prom an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant ap-appealed.
1Per curiam
The plaintiff recovered a verdict for injuries sustained by slipping and falling on a sidewalk in Duluth. The city appeals from the order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.
On March 13, 1916, the plaintiff slipped and fell as she was walking easterly on West Fourth street a little more than 100 feet westerly of *304Sixth avenue which intersects at right angles. Westerly of Sixth avenue the sidewalk in front of two lots, a distance of 100 feet, had been kept reasonably clear of ice and snow throughout the winter by the owners. The sidewalk in front of the third lot from the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ackeret v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Olcott v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Larkin v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Kandelin v. City of ElySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Anderson v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
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- Piscor v. Village of HibbingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Russell v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- State v. KaercherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- Hebert v. Village of HibbingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927