Williams v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to recover $5,0Y5 for personal injury. The complaint alleged that defendant negligently allowed the railing upon the stairway to become so worn, rotten and defective as to become dangerous to the life and limb of any person having occasion to use the stairway, which defective condition was known to defendant but unknown to plaintiff.
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Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to recover $5,0Y5 for personal injury. The complaint alleged that defendant negligently allowed the railing upon the stairway to become so worn, rotten and defective as to become dangerous to the life and limb of any person having occasion to use the stairway, which defective condition was known to defendant but unknown to plaintiff. The answer denied that defendant had any knowledge of any defect prior to the accident, or that the injury to plaintiff was due to any negligence on defendant’s part, and alleged that plaintiff by virtue of her…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
The trial court denied the defendant’s motion for judgment or a new trial after verdict rendered against her in an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries, and she appealed from the order.
The following facts are either established or could have properly been found by the jury. The plaintiff was injured on September 17, 1911. At that time the defendant owned a flat building in St. Paul, divided into four apartments, two being on the first and two on the second floor, and the same were occupied by four families. Two porches were attached to the rear of the building, one on each…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Farley v. ByersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Hall v. City of AustinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Widing v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- MURPHY v. CITY OF SOUTH ST. PAULSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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- Glidden v. GoodfellowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
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