Holl v. City of Merrill

The allegations of the pleadings disclose the following facts: For the past twenty years the county has occupied approximately a square block of real estate lying north of First street and west of Center avenue in the city. During this period the city has maintained a concreté, sidewalk along the west side of Center avenue abutting on the east the grounds owned by the county. Upon the grounds the county has erected and maintains the county jail. For many years the county has had a lawn-sprinkling system consisting of sprinklers attached to underground pipes which converge at a manhole upon…