Beaudin v. City of Oconto

The owner of the building from which projected the bay window over the sidewalk, alleged in plaintiff’s complaint to be the cause of the unnatural accumulation of ice upon the sidewalk forming the ridge upon which she slipped and fell, was not made a party defendant under sec. 1340a, Stats. The judgment in plaintiff’s favor must be sustained, if at all, by virtue of the provisions of sec. 1339, creating a statutory primary right of action against a municipality for damages caused by defects in public highways. This statute has, however, the following express limitation upon any such right to…