Snider v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Jennie Snider, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Kelly, J., made May 14, 1892, overruling her demurrer to the answer of the City of St, Paul.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Jennie Snider, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Kelly, J., made May 14, 1892, overruling her demurrer to the answer of the City of St, Paul. By her complaint the plaintiff stated that she was on November 3, 1891, at 5 p. m., descending in one of the elevator cabs from the fourth to the first floor of the Court House and City Hall building in St. Paul, When the servant opened the door for her exit, the floor of the cab was six inches lower than the first floor of the building and she stubbed her foot and fell out onto the floor. At the same time the…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The complaint alleges that the city of St. Paul and the county of Ramsey owned and possessed, as tenants in common, a building known as the “Court House and City Hall;” that they negligently constructed the entrance to one of the elevator shafts in an unsafe manner; also that their servant in charge of the elevator handled it negligently, whereby the plaintiff was injured.
As one of its defenses, the city pleaded the various statutes regulating the construction, custody, and use of the building, particularly Sp. Laws 1881, c. 376, and Sp. Laws 1889, c. 64.
Briefly stated, the act of 1881…
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- Dosdall v. County of OlmstedSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Bryant v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Grube v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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