Pringle v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff was injured on the afternoon of February 10, 1904, in daylight, by slipping and falling on an icy sidewalk. She sued the defendant city and upon the trial of her case a verdict for defendant was directed by the court. No testimony was offered for defendant. Two principal contentions are urged here by plaintiff in error, which are:

“First. The trial judge having directed a verdict for the defendant because the plaintiff slipped on an icy walk, it necessarily must follow that he was in error in taking the case from the jury, unless the evidence clearly shows such to be the fact. If…