McDonald v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $5,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Otis, J., and jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $5,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Otis, J., and jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed. A city has the absolute right to determine what part of a street shall be devoted to team travel, what part to sidewalks, and what part to boulevards, grass plots, trees, and other suitable uses; and the plan adopted for such work is beyond judicial review, unless some distinct legal duty has been imposed and violated. Dougherty v.…
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
The plaintiff, on the e vening of December 2, 1899, while attempting to cross the street diagonally at the southwest corner of Marshall and Dewey avenues in the city of St. Paul, was thrown to the ground by a wire stretched along the boulevard at the street corner, whereby she was injured. She brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries so sustained on the ground that the city was negligent in permitting the wire to be in the street. "Verdict for the plaintiff for $250. The defendant moved for judgment in its favor notwithstanding the verdict, which was denied,…
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