Baker v. City of Grand Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to superior court of Grand Rapids; Burlingame, J. Case by Fred J. Baker, an infant, by bis next friend, against tbe city of Grand Rapids, for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
In 1890 the defendant city contracted with one Tennis to construct a sewer in the center of South Lafayette street, together with manholes and catch-basins, or sand traps. These catch-basins were located between the gutter and the sidewalk, and the excavation for the construction of the same was 7 feet 4 inches in depth, with a diameter of 5 feet 4 inches. The contractor entered upon the construction of this work, and, after the excavation of one of these openings for a catch-basin, on the evening of November 17, 1890, plaintiff, then a lad of 15 years, while on an errand to a grocery store,…
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