Erd v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action, was brought in the court of common pleas of Ramsey county to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff by reason of a defective sidewalk, near the corner of Sixth and Fort streets, in the city of St. Paul. The case was transferred to the district court for the same county, and tried before Wilkin, J. The plaintiff had a verdict for $300.00; a new trial was refused, and defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
The alleged injury in this case happened, as is claimed by plaintiff, by reason of the unsafe and insecure condition of the sidewalk at the place of the accident, which it was the duty of the defendant, under its charter, to keep in repair and reasonably safe for travel.
Whether the defendant corporation had knowledge of this condition of the sidewalk a sufficient length of time previous to the accident to have guarded against it, in the exercise of a reasonable diligence in the discharge of its duty to the public, was a material question of fact for the jury, under proper instructions from…
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