Anderson v. Feutsch
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by Sophia Anderson against C. Feutsch and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a motion for new trial, defendants appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Section 271 of the Compiled Laws does not apply.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by Sophia Anderson against C. Feutsch and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a motion for new trial, defendants appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Section 271 of the Compiled Laws does not apply. The title of that act is "An act to secure persons and animals from danger arising from mining and other excavations ” It has no relation to streets or excavations in streets. The words "other excavations” are ejusdem…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, C. J.:
This is an action brought by the plaintiff, respondent herein, against the defendants, appellants herein, to recover damages in the sum of $10,000 for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on account of falling into an excavation alleged to have been made by the defendants in the sidewalk on the south side of Miner Avenue, in the town of Goldfield, and in front of the premises of defendants, which said excavation, it is alleged, the defendants had negligently failed to properly safeguard to prevent accidents to pedestrians passing along and upon said Miner…
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