Black v. City of Manistee

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment upon a verdict directed by the circuit judge. Her action was for damages received by slipping down upon ice which had accumulated upon a sidewalk. The negligence complained of related to the construction of the walk, whereby it is claimed that the accumulation of ice and snow was increased and made more dangerous than it would naturally have been upon a better located and constructed walk.

The fall occurred in the daytime, when, the plaintiff wras walking upon the sidewalk. She admits that she saw the ice before stepping upon the place where she fell; that she…