O'Brien v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for.Ramsey county to recover $'7,500* for personal injuries. The complaint, among other averments, alleged that defendant city failed to keep that portion of the sidewalk, on Robert street, particularly that part on the easterly side of that-street more particularly described, in good repair or in safe condition for travel, but permitted the sidewalk at that point to become- and remain in a dangerous and defective condition, and knew, or in. the…
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Action in the district court for.Ramsey county to recover $'7,500* for personal injuries. The complaint, among other averments, alleged that defendant city failed to keep that portion of the sidewalk, on Robert street, particularly that part on the easterly side of that-street more particularly described, in good repair or in safe condition for travel, but permitted the sidewalk at that point to become- and remain in a dangerous and defective condition, and knew, or in. the exercise of ordinary care, should have known of the dangerous, defective and unsafe condition of the sidewalk at that…
1Opinion of the Court
Simpson, L.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover for injuries received upon a claimed defective portion of a sidewalk in the city of St. Paul. Upon a trial the plaintiff had a verdict. The defendant appeals from an order denying its alternative motions for judgment or a new trial.
Under its assignments of error the defendant urges that it is entitled to judgment or a new trial upon one or all of the following grounds:
1. That the notice of the accident served on the defendant city was insufficient, in that it incorrectly designated the place of the accident.
In the notice the place of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Cromarty v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Lyon v. City of LogansportIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893
- Conlon v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Burrows v. Village of Lake CrystalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
3Cited by16 opinions
- City of East Chicago v. GilbertIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
- Leonard v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- Brittain v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- Wheeler v. City of MaryvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
- Olander v. Sperry and Hutchinson CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
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