Goodnough v. City of Oshkosh
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action against The City of OshTcosh, to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s person, occasioned by a defect in one of the sidewalks of the city. The facts proven on the trial are sufficiently stated in the opinion. A verdict for the plaintiff was set aside, on motion, and a new trial ordered; and plaintiff appealed from the order.
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
The counsel for the plaintiff having been absent from the court below when the motion for a new trial was granted, and not being informed upon what particular point of law or fact the verdict was set aside, have very fully and successfully answered many points which they supposed might be urged in support of the order. But they have, as we think, failed to discover and discuss what must have been the real point of objection in the mind of the court below. The injury sustained by the plaintiff was caused by a defect *550in a sidewalk which had once been properly built. It was a defect of a kind…
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