Bishop v. City of Centralia
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wood County. The caséis thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe: “This action was brought for the purpose of recovering damages on account of an injury sustained by the plaintiff Fanny J. Bishop, wife of the plaiutiff Harry Bishop, by falling from a sidewalk in said city.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wood County. The caséis thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe: “This action was brought for the purpose of recovering damages on account of an injury sustained by the plaintiff Fanny J. Bishop, wife of the plaiutiff Harry Bishop, by falling from a sidewalk in said city. The evidence in the case shows that the injury complained of by the plaintiffs was received whilst the plaintiff Fconny J. Bishop was passing along a sidwalk leading from Front street, in said city, to the west end of the bridge crossing the Wisconsin river, and more than ten .feet east of the…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The real question in the case, and the only one upon which the appellant relies for a reversal of the judgment, is that the sidewalk where the accident happened was not in one of the public streets of the city, which it was bound by law to keep in a safe condition, but that such street sidewalk was a part of the bridge owned by the county of Wood, and for the sufficiency of which said county was alone responsible. The county purchased said bridge of the bridge company in 1873, under the provisions of section 6, ch. 178, Laws of 1865. Said section reads as follows: “Section 6. The county of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Houfe v. Town of FultonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- State ex rel. Neeves v. Supervisors of Wood CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Johnson v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- Green v. Town of Bridge CreekWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
3Cited by4 opinions
- Board of Commissioners v. Washington TownshipIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Wade v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- State ex rel. Neeves v. Wood CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Frankfort General Insurance v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1916