Dawes v. City of Great Falls
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court,- Cascade County; J. B. Leslie, Judge. Action by E. A. Dawes against the city of Great Falls. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The first error upon which appellant relies is that the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a nonsuit. There are four reasons why this motion should have been sustained. First.
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Appeal from District Court,- Cascade County; J. B. Leslie, Judge. Action by E. A. Dawes against the city of Great Falls. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The first error upon which appellant relies is that the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a nonsuit. There are four reasons why this motion should have been sustained. First. The complaint does not allege, and there is no proof, that the plaintiff presented his demand against the city in accordance with Sections 4811 and 4812 of the Political Code. We contend that this is.a demand against the city such,as is…
1Opinion of the Court
MR. COMMISSIONER CLAYBERG
prepared the following opinion for the court:
Appeal by the city of Great Ealls from a judgment of $1,000 entered against it.
The cause of action stated in the complaint is based upon the alleged negligence of the city in making a dangerous excavation in one of its streets, and negligently allowing such excavation to remain in a dangerous condition, with full knowledge of such *12condition, whereby plaintiff was injured by falling into the same. The answer denied all the allegations of the complaint, except that of its corporate character, and set forth as an affirmative…
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