Buchanan v. Town of Barre
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the case for personal injuries arising from the negligence of defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March term, 1893, Washington county, Taft, J., presiding. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff excepts.
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Action on the case for personal injuries arising from the negligence of defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March term, 1893, Washington county, Taft, J., presiding. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff excepts. The town, having rented its opera house for a private purpose, was under exactly the same liability that an individual would be, and was bound to keep the approaches to its building in a safe condition for the passage of those whom it invited there. Deware v. Bailey, 131 Mass. 169; Moak Und. 252 ;…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
Action on the case to recover for injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff near the entrance to the town hall in the defendant town. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that he slipped and fell and was injured upon the sidewalk, within the limits of the village of Barre, at a point two to four feet from the steps of the town hall or opera house, in consequence of the slippery condition of the sidewalk.
To entitle the plaintiff to recover, under the law of negligence, it must appear that the defendant owed him a duty in respect to the safe condition of the street at that…
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