Legal Opinion

Gaver v. City of Columbus

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided July 24, 1942No. 31412PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.

This is an action to recover' damages for personal injuries. The defendant appeals from a judgment against it.

The plaintiff alleges that at the place of the accident there were trees growing between a public sidewalk and the curb so that the “boughs crossed said walk and so low that they hung in line of the plaintiff’s face-as she walked on said sidewalk that she had no knowledge “that said limbs hung low enough to contact her eyes or head;” that while wearing glasses and “walking in the ordinary and normal manner” and “without observing that the branches of said trees hung in line with her…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hupfer v. City of North PlatteNebraska Supreme Court · 1938

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Lynn v. METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICTNebraska Supreme Court · 1987
  2. City of Waco v. StinnettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
  3. Anthony v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1950
  4. City of Louisville v. WheelerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
  5. Doth v. Village of WalthillNebraska Supreme Court · 1980

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