City of Atchison v. King
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atehison District Cov/rt. Mes. King brought her action against The City of Atchison to recover damages for injuries received by her by reason of defects in a sidewalk of said city. The action was tried at the June Term 1871.- Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff. The pleadings and the evidence are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Error from Atehison District Cov/rt. Mes. King brought her action against The City of Atchison to recover damages for injuries received by her by reason of defects in a sidewalk of said city. The action was tried at the June Term 1871.- Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff. The pleadings and the evidence are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The counsel for the city asked the court below to give certain instructions, of which, the following were refused: ' “,1st. The defendant, the City of Atchison, was not legally bound in the years 1867, 1868, 1869, to build the sidewalk on the east side of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, C. J.:
In the month of February 1869,- the defendant in error, while walking on the sidewalk on the west-side of Fourth street, in the city of Atchison, stepped through a hole in the sidewalk, and injured her leg thereby. To recover damages therefor she brought an action against the city, which was tried and resulted in a verdict for her, of f1,300. To reverse the judgment rendered upon that verdict the cause is brought to this court, and various .errors are alleged as occurring on the trial. The record does not contain the evidence in the…
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