Legal Opinion

Hay v. City of Baraboo

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1906PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Sauk county: E. Bat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Action to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of an insufficient sidewalk in the defendant city.

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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Sauk county: E. Bat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Action to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of an insufficient sidewalk in the defendant city. Omitting formal matters, the circumstances relied upon for a cause of action, as alleged, were these: October 22, 1902, about 7 o’clock p. m., plaintiff while traveling along the sidewalk on the westerly side of Grove street in the defendant city, in the exercise of ordinary care, at a point specifically mentioned, fell and was greatly injured by reason of the…

1Opinion of the Court

The following opinion was filed December 12, 1905:

MARSHALL, J.

Appellant’s charter at sec. 29, subch. XII, ch. 21, Laws of 1882, provides that “the duty of always keeping the sidewalks ... on or adjacent to the lots and premises of any person, in safe condition and good repair, is hereby expressly enjoined and imposed upon all owners or occupants’ of said lots and premises,” and the preceding section provides that “in case of injury or damage by reason of' *7insufficient, defective or dangerous condition of [a] . . . sidewalk . . . produced or caused by the wrong, neglect of duty, default or…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Harper v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Hughes v. City of Fond du LacWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
  3. City of Ripon v. BittelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Muench v. HeinemannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Relyea v. Tomahawk Paper & Pulp Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Bothwell v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  2. Touhey v. City of DecaturIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
  3. George Williams College v. Village of Williams BayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Ellis v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
  5. McCleod v. Tri-State Milling Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1946

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