Hughes v. City of Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Oourt of Winnebago County. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. To the point that the time fixed within which notice should be given was reasonable, he cited Wich-olas v. Minneapolis, 30 Minn. 546. The provision of the Fond du Lao charter is taken from the Minneapolis charter construed in that case.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
It appears from the complaint that while the plaintiff was driving with a horse and carriage, in the evening, along one of the" public streets of the defendant city, his horse was frightened at a large wooden roller in the street, became unmanageable, partially overturned the carriage, and the plaintiff was thrown out upon the ground with violence, and greatly injured. This action is brought to recover damages for such injury. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained by the trial court on the ground that it states no cause of action. There is a section of the city charter which, as amended,…
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- Nebraska City v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
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