Nevala v. City of Ironwood

The last of February, 1922, there was a heavy fall of snow in the city of Ironwood, followed by zero weather. On Pine street pedestrians made a foot path over the snow covered sidewalk, packing the snow where they walked. On March 1st the city snow plow, drawn by two horses, driven tandem, passed over the walk and in places, where the plow did not go down to the walk, the hoofs of the horses broke through the snow where it had been so packed by pedestrians, leaving holes from six inches to a foot in depth. The evening of March 2d, plaintiff, while passing over the walk, stepped into one of…