Hammargren v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Egan, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,000.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
Action for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of a defective sidewalk on Burr street in the city of St. Paul. Verdict for plaintiff, and appeal from an order denying appellant’s motion for a new trial.
The motion- was based upon affidavits of newly-discovered evidence and the admission of incompetent evidence. The sidewalk where the injury occurred was built of plank, one of which had become rotten, thus leaving a hole in the sidewalk. During the trial the plaintiff sought to show, by the testimony of one of his wit*7nesses, that the hole where the accident happened was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Day v. H. C. Akeley Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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