Legal Opinion

City of Friend v. Ingersoll

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 1894No. 5579PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error from the district court of Saline county. Tried below before Hastings, J. The Carlisle tables of expectancy were not competent evidence.) Shippen’s Appeal, 2 W. N. C. [Pa.], 468; Den-man v. Johnston, 48 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 567; Sellars v. Foster, 27 Neb., 126; Milton v. State, 6 Neb., 144; Ballard v. State, 19 Neb., 609.) There can be no recovery for alleged services of physicians and nurses, because there was no evidence of the reasonable and fair value thereof.

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Error from the district court of Saline county. Tried below before Hastings, J. The Carlisle tables of expectancy were not competent evidence.) Shippen’s Appeal, 2 W. N. C. [Pa.], 468; Den-man v. Johnston, 48 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 567; Sellars v. Foster, 27 Neb., 126; Milton v. State, 6 Neb., 144; Ballard v. State, 19 Neb., 609.) There can be no recovery for alleged services of physicians and nurses, because there was no evidence of the reasonable and fair value thereof. (Meredith v. Kennard, 1 Neb., 319; Neihardt v. Kilmer, 12 Neb., 38; Republican V. R. Co. v. Fink, 18 Neb., 92; Ballard v.…

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

Minerva C. Doxtater, plaintiff in the court below, commenced an action in the district court of Saline county, Nebraska, July 16, 1891, to recover damages of the city of Friend, in said county, for an alleged personal injury sustained by her April 5, 1891, in falling upon the sidewalk of said city, the fall being caused by the defective and unsafe condition of the sidewalk, according to the statements of the petition. In her petition she pleads that Friend was, on the 5th day of April, 1891, a city of the second class, duly organized and incorporated, and in the exercise of its powers…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Roose v. PerkinsNebraska Supreme Court · 1879
  2. City of Lincoln v. SmithNebraska Supreme Court · 1890
  3. City of Crete v. ChildsNebraska Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Sellars v. FosterNebraska Supreme Court · 1889
  5. City of York v. SpellmanNebraska Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Frangos v. EdmundsOregon Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Broz v. Omaha Maternity & General Hospital Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Murphy v. National Ice Cream Co.California Court of Appeal · 1931
  4. Cubbage v. Estate of Conrad Youngerman, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  5. Golder v. LundNebraska Supreme Court · 1897

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