Brown v. Gustafson

Otis, Justice.

One of the plaintiffs, Maude E. Brown, was a pedestrian at a time when she was injured in a fall on a defective sidewalk constructed for defendant, Joe Gustafson, an abutting property owner. The verdicts awarded damages to Mrs. Brown and her husband, and from an order denying his motion for judgment n. o. v. or a new trial defendant appeals.

It appears without dispute that in the year 1950 defendant contracted with one John E. Erickson to construct a new building in the city of Brainerd which required, among other things, the relaying of,the adjacent sidewalk. This work was…