Hollan v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. Action for damages for-personal injuries. Trial before a jury in the civil court of Milwaukee county resulted in judgment for plaintiff upon a special verdict. On-appeal to the circuit court judgment was reversed, and judgment entered dismissing the complaint, upon the ground that defendant’s motion for a directed verdict should have been granted. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
Appellant was walking along a six-foot-wide cement sidewalk on Sixteenth street in the city of Mikuaukee on a winter evening. It was “not light.” She had seldom used this street and consequently was not well acquainted with the condition of the walk. She came to an alley crossing of which she knew. The alley was paved with cobblestones. The crosswalk was constructed as follows: There were two rows of level flagstones stretching across the alley connecting the ends of the sidewalk on either side. Each row was slightly over a foot wide, and there was a space of a little over a foot in width…
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