Nichols v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought by plaintiff in the district court for Hennepin county, against the city of Minneapolis and the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff had a verdict, and both defendants appeal from an order by Koon, J., refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The important facts in this case are these:
The defendant company, under a license from the defendant city, erected and maintained, on and along a public street, its poles and wires for a telephone exchange system. On the night of January 31st a fire occurred in a building fronting on this street. While the city fire department were throwing water upon the burning building, water fell and froze upon the cross-bars to which the wires were attached, to such an extent as to break them from the poles, and to let the wires, to the number of some 40, down upon the sidewalk and street. Portions of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kelly v. Southern Minnesota Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- McKenzie v. City of NorthfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Dunning v. Northwestern Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1948
- Osier v. Consumers Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1926
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