Corey v. City of Ann Arbor

The circuit judge who tried this cause directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff has brought the case to this court by writ of error. She was injured through a fall upon an icy sidewalk, the ice being occasioned by the freezing of water which flowed upon the sidewalk from a hydrant upon the premises of an adjacent proprietor, according to the plaintiff’s claim. Defendant’s counsel maintain that it was not shown that she fell upon this ice, but we think there was testimony from which it might be inferred. The questions in the case are (1) whether the city is chargeable with…