Fisher v. Thirkell
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuity This was an action on the case brought in the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne by Isabelle E. Thirkell against Aaron Fisher, Elam Fisher, John II. Griffith, and William F. Kier, for an injury to the plaintiff occasioned by an opening in the sidewalk in front of premises in the City of Detroit alleged to be owned by the defendants, Aaron and Elam Fisher, and to be in the occupancy of the defendants, Griffith and Kier.
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Error to Wayne Circuity This was an action on the case brought in the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne by Isabelle E. Thirkell against Aaron Fisher, Elam Fisher, John II. Griffith, and William F. Kier, for an injury to the plaintiff occasioned by an opening in the sidewalk in front of premises in the City of Detroit alleged to be owned by the defendants, Aaron and Elam Fisher, and to be in the occupancy of the defendants, Griffith and Kier. The questions to be reviewed arise upon the charge of the Circuit Judge as to the liability of the several defendants. At the request of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChristiancy, J.
This was an action on the case brought by the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in' error, to recover damages received by her by falling into a scuttle or hole in the sidewalk on Woodward avenue, Detroit, in front of .a store in what is known as Fishers’ Block, of which said Fishers were the owners, and which they had erected some jears before. The scuttle opened into a vault beneath the sidewalk (as usual in such cases), connecting with the cellar, and was constructed and used for putting wood and •coal into the cellar for the use of the store. It was constructed by the owners in…
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