Nothdurft v. City of Lincoln
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court for Lancaster county. Action in the nature of trespass on the case. Tried below before Frost, J. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, O.
This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of a loose board in a sidewalk, upon which plaintiff tripped and fell while passing over the *431walk. Tke district court directed a verdict for the defendant.
Briefly stated, the evidence stows clearly that until about sixty days before the accident the Avalk had been in a very bad condition; that at that time it was thrown into the street and a new walk built, in which the best boards of the old walk were made use of; and that in building this Avalk the stringers Avere left protruding some distance at the end…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dundas v. City of LansingMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Fuller v. Mayor of JacksonMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Ruggles v. Town of NevadaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- Carter v. Town of MonticelloSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
3Cited by7 opinions
- Shotwell v. First National BankNebraska Supreme Court · 1934
- Baker v. City of South St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
- City of Omaha v. KochemNebraska Supreme Court · 1905
- Nothdurft v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. HavelNebraska Supreme Court · 1931
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