Griswold v. Camp
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: OkreN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Action for a personal injury. January 25, 1910, plaintiff, while walking on a sidewalk in front of premises occupied by defendant in tbe city of Milwaukee, stepped, by reason of tbe walk being covered witb ice and there being no sand, ashes, or other material thereon, slipped, and was injured.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: OkreN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Action for a personal injury. January 25, 1910, plaintiff, while walking on a sidewalk in front of premises occupied by defendant in tbe city of Milwaukee, stepped, by reason of tbe walk being covered witb ice and there being no sand, ashes, or other material thereon, slipped, and was injured. There then existed in the city of Milwaukee a duly adopted ordinance requiring every person circumstanced as defendant was to keep the walk in front of his premises sprinkled with ashes, sawdust, or sand,…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshalu, J.
Tbe duty of a municipality as regards keeping its sidewalks reasonably safe for public travel, does not, generally speaking, include obviating danger to travelers using snob walks from mere slipperiness produced by natural causes. Cook v. Milwaukee, 24 Wis. 270; Salzer v. Milwaukee, 97 Wis. 471, 73 N. W. 20. So tbe purpose of tbe ordinance in question was not to require tbe owners or occupants of lots to aid tbe city in tbe performance of its duty. There was no common-law duty of a person circumstanced as respondent was to protect travelers from danger of being injured by sucb slippery…
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