Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Ledbetter v. City of Great Falls

Montana Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1949No. 8882Published

1ConcurrenceJustice Angstman

I concur in the opinion of Mr. Justice Freebourn, but wish to add the following.

Section 5080, R. C. M. 1935, as amended, is divided into two parts. The first part relating to defects and obstructions generally requires actual notice on the part of the city before there can be liability. The second part makes cities and towns liable for negligence in failing to properly place signs, markers or signals to warn persons of excavations or other obstructions “existing and caused bjr said city or town, upon any bridge, street, alley, road, sidewalk, pavement, culvert, park, public ground, ferryboat…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hanks v. City of Port ArthurTexas Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Hanks v. City of Port ArthurTexas Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Spiker v. City of OttumwaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  4. Lasityr v. City of OlympiaWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Watson v. City of BozemanMontana Supreme Court · 1945

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