Balls v. Woodward
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
At Law. Action by William Ingate Balls against Tyler Woodward and others, constituting the common council of the city of Portland, Or. Tried to the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Deady, District Judge.
This action is brought by the plaintiff, a subject of Great Britain, against the members, personally, of the common council of the city of Portland, to recover the sum of §7,500, as damages, for an injury to his right ankle, caused by stepping on a defective plank in a sidewalk on the south side of Washington street, in front of lot 8, block 177.
The action was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. The evidence establishes the following conclusions of fact:(1) That on November!), 1891, theplaintiffsteppedontof McGinn’s bakery, onto the wooden sidewalk,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- O'Harra v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1869
- Mayor of Atlanta v. PerdueSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
- Rankin v. BuckmanOregon Supreme Court · 1881
- Furnell v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1873
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