McCracken v. Village of Markesan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Green lake County. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defective condition of a sidewalk in the defendant village.' The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
The plaintiff, while passing along on the sidewalk of one of the streets of said village, slipped and fell, either on the sidewalk or in trying to avoid- the defect therein, in consequence of the defective condition of said walk by reason of the accumulation of snow and ice thereon, and was badly injured. As a part of their special verdict, the jury found that “ the defendant was guilty of negligence in not keeping the sidewalk in proper condition,” and that *500such defective condition had existed so long that the defendant ought to have known it. Rut, on the other hand, the jury found also that…
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