Heidemann v. City of Sleepy Eye

Hilton, Justice.

In this, an action against the city of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant had a verdict. Plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The plaintiff, a pedestrian on the main street of the city of Sleepy Eye, was severely injured on June 11, 1984, by the falling, during an ordinary Avindstorm, of a Avooden cornice from the top of a frame building OAvned by Nellie Berliner. She was not a party defendant. The building was over 50 years old. The evidence is not clear as to Avhen the cornice Avas placed on the building,…