Ryther v. City of Austin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Mower county, Whytock, J., denying its motion for a new trial after a verdict for $80 in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The undisputed facts are as follows: About eight years ago certain parties, under a license from the defendant, erected electric light poles in the streets of the city, approximately on the line between the sidewalks and the part of the streets used by vehicles. When a cement sidewalk and curbstone were subsequently constructed on Main street, some of these poles stood outside the curb, and in the gutter. One of them stood so as to leave a space of from four to five inches between it and the curb. The pole being circular, this space on either side was V-shaped. The curbstone was about 18…
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