Daniels v. City of Racine
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment'of the circuit court for Racine county: FRANK M. Fish, Circuit Judge. . The case is stated in the opinion. They argued that ch. 236, Laws of 1897, limiting the time for giving notice of injury to fifteen days in cities and villages, is in violation of sec. 9, art. I, Const., in that it makes the time unreasonably short.
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Appeal from a judgment'of the circuit court for Racine county: FRANK M. Fish, Circuit Judge. . The case is stated in the opinion. They argued that ch. 236, Laws of 1897, limiting the time for giving notice of injury to fifteen days in cities and villages, is in violation of sec. 9, art. I, Const., in that it makes the time unreasonably short. Hughes v. Fond du Lac, 73 Wis. 382; Durkee v. Janesville, 28 id. 464; Hindis v. Milwaukee, 46 id. 559. It in effect bars of their remedy those who have suffered the greater injury and been disabled from giving the notice within the time fixed b}r…
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