Jefferson v. City of Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Steere, J. Case by Helen Jefferson against the city of Sault Ste. Marie for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk in the city of Sault Ste. Marie, thereby breaking a leg. She has recovered a judgment for $700 against the city, which has appealed.
The negligence charged is: First. That the city was negligent in allowing a ridge of snow to remain in the center of the walk as an alleged result of cleaning the walk with a snowplow. Second. In permitting ice to form upon said walk and ridge as a result of water dropping upon it from a 10-inch wooden projection on the face of an adjacent building from the melting of snow upon it. Sault Ste. Marie is shown to…
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