Smith v. Clayton Construction Co.

The following opinion was filed December 8, 1925:

Crownhart, J.

The defendant was a contractor and was engaged under contract in paving a public alley with concrete for the city of Milwaukee. To obtain water for its purpose the defendant attached a hose to a fire hydrant, and stretched the hose across the sidewalk on the east side of Fourteenth street in said city. The plaintiff, while walking north on the east side of Fourteenth street, along said sidewalk, tripped and fell over the hose, and sustained serious and permanent injuries.

*93The appellant contends that the placing of the obstruction on…