Kansier v. City of Billings
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; Geo. W. Pierson, Judge. Action by Dora Kansier against the city of Billings. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals from it and an order denying her a new trial.
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Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; Geo. W. Pierson, Judge. Action by Dora Kansier against the city of Billings. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals from it and an order denying her a new trial. It was error to permit respondent to show by certain witnesses that they had no difficulty themselves in using the sidewalk where the injuries took place, or to state whether they observed anyone else having any difficulty in the use of it, and in what manner they used the sidewalk. A reading of the record discloses that practically in every instance there was no showing on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hurly
This action was brought for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of falling on a sidewalk in the city of Billings in December, 1914.
The complaint alleges that the sidewalk at the place where the accident occurred was constructed and allowed to remain in an improper, dangerous and defective condition, the result of improper and excessive troweling and working of the cement in the construction and finishing of the. surface of the sidewalk, thereby making the same glassy, smooth, and slippery; that during said time accidents had frequently happened to…
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