Legal Opinion

Fay v. City of Green Bay

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided December 3, 1941PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

The following opinion was filed January 13, 1942:

Fritz, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment for the recovery by plaintiff of damages for injuries sustained in a fall caused by her foot becoming caught under a protruding-spike in a crosswalk. The jury found that the crosswalk was in an unsafe condition for public use; that such condition was a cause of the plaintiff’s fall and injury, and had existed for such length of time prior to plaintiff’s fall that defendant in the exercise of ordinary care ought to have discovered the condition in time to have repaired it; that negligence on plaintiff’s…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Johnson v. City of Eau ClaireWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
  2. McCormick v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Hansen v. City of Green BayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1935

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Warden v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983

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