Gilchrist v. City of South Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Irvine, J. Burnham v. Boston, 10 Allen [Mass.], 290; South Omaha v. Cunningham, 31 Neb., 316; Omaha v. Randolph, 30 Id., 699; Lincoln v. Walker, 18 Id., 250; Valparaiso v. Donovan, 28 Id., 406; Lincoln v. Smith, 28 Id., 762. Rice v. Montpelier, 19 Vt., 470; Cassidy v. Stockbridge, 21 Id., 319; Spar hawk v. Salem, 83 Mass., 30; Scranton v. Hill, 102 Pa.
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Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Irvine, J. Burnham v. Boston, 10 Allen [Mass.], 290; South Omaha v. Cunningham, 31 Neb., 316; Omaha v. Randolph, 30 Id., 699; Lincoln v. Walker, 18 Id., 250; Valparaiso v. Donovan, 28 Id., 406; Lincoln v. Smith, 28 Id., 762. Rice v. Montpelier, 19 Vt., 470; Cassidy v. Stockbridge, 21 Id., 319; Spar hawk v. Salem, 83 Mass., 30; Scranton v. Hill, 102 Pa. St., 378; Skyes v. Powlet, 43 Vt., 446; Wheeler v. Westport, 30 Wis., 403; Kellogg v. Northampton, 4 Gray [Mass.], 65; Smith v. Wendell, 7 Cush. [Mass.], 498; Howard v. North…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Ch. J.
This is an action to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff by falling into the excavation of O and Twenty-fourth streets in the defendant city. Upon the conclusion of the testimony in the court below the court directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, which, was done, and the action dismissed.
*165It appears from the record that the plaintiff is a resident of Montgomery county, Iowa; that he had visited South Omaha in April, 1887; that his brother resided on the northwest corner of Twenty-third and P streets in said city; that the streets of said city are…
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- City of South Omaha v. CunninghamNebraska Supreme Court · 1891