Legal Opinion

Angell v. City of West Bay City

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 18, 1898PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to Bay; Maxwell, J. Case by John C. Angell against the city of West Bay City for personal injuries. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

In this case plaintiff brought suit to recover damages for an injury sustained by him on the 15th day of May, 1897, while traveling on foot upon a sidewalk in defendant city, which he claimed was out of repair, and not reasonably safe for public travel, and that his injury was the result of a fall caused by the dangerous condition of said walk, and that the defendant had knowledge that it was not reasonably safe for travel prior to the injury, and for a time that would have enabled it, by the exercise of ordinary diligence, to repair the walk before the date plaintiff was injured. The charter…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Harrison v. MetzMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  2. McKisson v. DavenportMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Ludwig v. StewartMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Atherton v. Village of BancroftMichigan Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. In re LambrechtMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Tarnow v. Railway Express AgencyMichigan Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Davis v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Koehler v. DRT Sportservice, Inc.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. Board of Supervisors v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1909

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