Storrs v. City of Grand Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to superior court of Grand Rapids; Burlingame, J. Case by Ellen E. Storrs, administratrix of the estate of Carlton L. Storrs, deceased, against the city of Grand Rapids, to recover damages for the death of her intestate, alleged to have been caused by a fall upon a defective sidewalk. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The plaintiff sued to recover damages. Her husband, November 3, 1894, received an injury from a fall on a defective sidewalk, which resulted in his death. She recovered a verdict. The defendant appeals.
The defendant assigns a large number of errors, all of which have been considered; but it will not be necessary to discuss all of them. Many of them relate to the insufficiency of the declaration, which reads in part as follows:
“But the defendant, not regarding its duty in that behalf, while it was so possessed and had control of the said sidewalk, on, to wit, the 3d day of November, 1894, then…
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