Blake v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The city could not surrender her jurisdiction over her streets so as to relieve herself of liability caused by their bad condition — Wallace v. Mayor of N. Y., 2 Hilton, 440; Mayor of New York v. Bailey, 2 Denio, 433-45 ; Mayor of N. Y. v. Ereuze, 3 Hill, 612, and references; Wendell v. Mayor of N. Y., 39 Barb. 329; Nelson v. Yt. & C. R.R.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The city could not surrender her jurisdiction over her streets so as to relieve herself of liability caused by their bad condition — Wallace v. Mayor of N. Y., 2 Hilton, 440; Mayor of New York v. Bailey, 2 Denio, 433-45 ; Mayor of N. Y. v. Ereuze, 3 Hill, 612, and references; Wendell v. Mayor of N. Y., 39 Barb. 329; Nelson v. Yt. & C. R.R. Co., 26 Yt. 717. The city was bound to keep her streets, and all the appurtenances thereto, in order and in safe condition for passengers, and failing to do so, was liable for damages resulting from such failure; she has…
1Opinion of the Court
Wagner, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court. ,
This was a suit brought in the court below by Blake against the City of St. Louis to recover damages i-n consequence of an injury which he received by falling into an inlet or aperture on Fourth street. The aperture was left in an exposed condition, and Blake, passing along in the nighttime, fell in, and was severely injured in the spine, so as to render him a cripple for life. He obtained a verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court, and the city has appealed the case.
Several exceptions wore taken at the trial to the admission and exclusion…
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