City of Salina v. Trosper
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Saline District Court. Action brought by Trosper against the City of Salina, to recover damages for personal injuries. Judgment for the plaintiff, for $4,030. The City brings the case here. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action, brought by Thompson Trosper against the city of Salina, for damages alleged to-have been caused by the negligence of the city of Salina in permitting and allowing a hole, an excavation, an area, or cellar-way, to be dug and created within the space properly belonging to one of the sidewalks of one of the principal streets of the city of Salina, and permitting such hole or cellar-way to be left uncovered, unprotected and unguarded, so-that the plaintiff, in passing along the sidewalk, inadvertently, and without any…
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