Legal Opinion

Jackson v. City of Lansing

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 19, 1899PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Error to Ingham; Person, J. Case by Harriet Jackson against the city of Lansing for personal injuries. Erom a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.

This action was brought to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff, occasioned by stepping into a depression or hole in a cement sidewalk on the main street in said city. The facts stipulated on the trial were that plaintiff was 69 years of age, and that while walking upon the sidewalk on Washington avenue, the principal business street of said city, where the travel was greatest, and while she was in the exercise of due care and caution, she fell and was injured by stepping into a hole in the artificial stone walk, the hole being caused by the breaking out of the top cement and the wear…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Weisse v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Shietart v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Yotter v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Johnson v. City of AmesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  2. Northrup v. City of PontiacMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Hopson v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Ford v. City of KinsleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1935
  5. Harrington v. City of Battle CreekMichigan Supreme Court · 1939

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