Pumorlo v. City of Merrill
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Waupaca county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to Rave been caused by tbe insufficient and defective condition of a sidewalk on one of tbe streets of tbe defendant, an incorporated city.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Waupaca county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to Rave been caused by tbe insufficient and defective condition of a sidewalk on one of tbe streets of tbe defendant, an incorporated city. It appears that on tbe 14th day of August, 1901, tbe plaintiff, while walking over one of tbe sidewalks on one of tbe public streets of tbe city, known as Main street, stepped into an opening in such walk, causing her to fall. This walk extends along tbe north side of a street connecting tbe part of tbe city…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeokeis, J.
Error is assigned upon the admission of testimony tending to show the defective condition of the sidewalk for some weeks prior to the day of the accident in the immediate vicinity of the hole complained of as bearing on the question of notice to the city officers of the defective condition of the sidewalk. It is quite clear from the evidence that the defect found by the jury consisted of a hole extending from the center stringer to the side of the walk and that it was due to the worn and decayed condition of the plank. The evidence tended also to show that other planks in close proximity to…
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