Gould v. City of Topeka
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by Luella L. Could ¿gainst The City of Topeka, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by reason of the unsafe and dangerous condition of a certain public street in that city. Trial at the April Term, 1883, and verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff brings the case to this court. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
*487The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by Luella L. Gould against the city of Topeka, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused, on the night of August 21, 1879, by reason of the unsafe and dangerous condition of a public street in the city of Topeka, named “Kansas avenue.” At that time the plaintiff was riding in a carriage on said street, up an embankment which leads to the south end of the bridge which spans the Kansas river, and the carriage was overturned and the plaintiff thrown therefrom and down the embankment on…
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