Harris v. City of Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Fond du Lac county: Michael KiewaN, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from an order overruling defendant’s demurrer.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Fond du Lac county: Michael KiewaN, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from an order overruling defendant’s demurrer. The complaint set forth that on August 23, 1897, plaintiff was injured by reason of a defective street in said city; that, by reason of such injuries, he was rendered insensible for a long time, and during the resulting illness suffered such severe pains as to render him physically and mentally unable to attend to business or to correspond with his attorney; that, as soon as he was able, and on the 16th of September, 1897, he caused…
1Opinion of the Court
Dodge, L
The charter of Fond du Lae, as amended (sec. 4, ch. 435, Laws of 1889), declared that no suit should be maintained unless a notice was served within thirty days after the injury, upon the street commissioner or sidewalk superintendent of the city, or an alderman of the ward where the injury occurred, and provided: “ But when the person so injured shall in consequénce thereof be bereft of reason, the notice shall not be required until thirty days after he has been fully restored to consciousness.” By ch. 236, Laws •of 1897, sec. 1339, B,. S. 1878, is amended so as to provide that no…
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