Bassett v. City of St. Joseph
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. I. Municipal corporations are bound to keep streets, &c., in a proper state of repair and free from obstructions, so that they will be reasonably safe for travel, and if they neglect to do this, they will be held liable for all injuries resulting from such neglect. (Blake vs. City of St. Louis, 40 Mo., 569; Alger vs. City of Lowell, 3 Allen, 402; Beecher vs. Larkin, 19 Mo., 192.) II.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. I. Municipal corporations are bound to keep streets, &c., in a proper state of repair and free from obstructions, so that they will be reasonably safe for travel, and if they neglect to do this, they will be held liable for all injuries resulting from such neglect. (Blake vs. City of St. Louis, 40 Mo., 569; Alger vs. City of Lowell, 3 Allen, 402; Beecher vs. Larkin, 19 Mo., 192.) II. Where there is a choice of routes, either of which may be lawfully taken, the citizen is not bound to select the one least dangerous. (Huelsenkamp vs. Citizen’s E. E. Co., 37…
1Opinion of the CourtVories, Judge
This action was brought by the appellant against the respondent, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the appellant, by reason of being precipitated into an excavation adjoining to, and extending into one of the public .thoroughfares of the city, and which it is charged was by the negligence of the respondent left in an exposed and dangerous condition-so as to endanger the safety of persons in passing along said thoroughfare.
The action was originally brought by the appellant and her husband, Jonathan M. Bassett, but he having died after the commencement of the action, the suit was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bowie v. City of KansasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Smith v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Titus v. Inhabitants of NorthbridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Blake v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- Manderschid v. City of DubuqueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
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- Harrison v. Kansas City Electric Light Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Russell v. Inhabitants of ColumbiaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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- Carrington v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
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