Metz v. City of Butte
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Henry C. Smith, Judge. Action by JLou Metz against the city of Bntte. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying’ a motion .for a new trial, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Henry C. Smith, Judge. Action by JLou Metz against the city of Bntte. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying’ a motion .for a new trial, defendant appeals. If there was a dangerous defect in the sidewalk on thp street at the point complained, of it was due to the fact that the plan adopted by the defendant for the construction of the sidewalk was dangerous and unsafe, for the sidewalk existed at the time of the injury as originally constructed. (Cordon v.' City of St. Paul 12 N. W. 1013.) There was no evidence that' a. defect…
1Opinion of the Court
MB; JUSTICE HOLLOWAY
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action ivas commenced in the district court for Silver Bow county by the plaintiff, Lou Metz, against the city of Butte, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff by reason of the negligence of the defendant in permitting a dangerous defect to be and remain in a sidewalk along one of the streets of the city, in consequence of which the plaintiff, without fault or negligence on her part, fell, and seriously injured herself. The uneontroverted facts are that Quartz street, in Butte, is one…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leonard v. City of ButteMontana Supreme Court · 1901
- Lamb v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Redford v. City of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Town of Watertown v. GreavesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1901
- City of Centralia v. BakerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
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- Pullen v. City of ButteMontana Supreme Court · 1912
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