Shreve v. City of Fort Wayne
Indiana Supreme Court
From Allen Circuit Court; E. O’Rourke, Judge. Action by Frank Shreve against the City of Fort Wayne. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
The action is for personal injuries to appellant, caused by being tripped by a wire, upheld by stakes, placed along the curb line of two intersecting streets for the apparent purpose of protecting a grassplot between the sidewalks and roadways. The question turns upon the effect to be given the following material averments of the complaint, to which a demurrer for want of facts to constitute a cause of action was sustained: That at a point on said strip of ground and in front of a dwelling-house on West Jefferson street, which runs east and west, in the city of Fort Wayne, the street is…
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