Furnell v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while walking upon a sidewalk on Wabasha street in Saint Paul, caused, as he claimed, by defects in such sidewalk. Issue was joined, and upon the trial testimony was given on the part of the plaintiff, for the purpose of showing the nature, character and circumstances of the injury, and the defect in the sidewalk.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while walking upon a sidewalk on Wabasha street in Saint Paul, caused, as he claimed, by defects in such sidewalk. Issue was joined, and upon the trial testimony was given on the part of the plaintiff, for the purpose of showing the nature, character and circumstances of the injury, and the defect in the sidewalk. There was no testimony that the defendant, or any of its officers, knew of the condition of the sidewalk, or had been notified of its defects. Defendant offered no…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Berry, J.
This action is brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in falling through a defective sidewalk on the west side 'of Wabasha street, in the city of St. Paul, just above Eleventh street. Ch. 26 (defendant’s charter,) Sp. Laws 1868, in section 1, sub-chapter 7, enacts that “ the common council shall have the. care, supervision and control of all public highways, bridges, streets, * * * within the limits of said city, and shall cause all streets which may have been opened and graded, to be kept open and in repair.” “ The' general rule is that…
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- McCarthy v. . the City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- City of Bloomington v. BayIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Manchester v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
- Cleveland v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
- Lindholm v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
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