Isham v. Broderick
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover from defendants, John F. Broderick, Ella Broderick and city of Minneapolis, $3,000 for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of a fall caused by an accumulation of ice upon a sidewalk.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover from defendants, John F. Broderick, Ella Broderick and city of Minneapolis, $3,000 for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of a fall caused by an accumulation of ice upon a sidewalk. The case was tried before Elliott, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,000. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants Broderick and city of Minneapolis separately appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The defendants Broderick were the owners of a brick block in the city of Minneapolis, and had been such owners for many years, but at the time of the accident upon which this action was based the premises were occupied by two separate and independent tenants. The building had a flat roof, and from this roof, leading to a point a few inches from the sidewalk, was a six-inch iron pipe or conductor, put in and used for the purpose of conveying water from the roof to the ground. At the bottom of this pipe was an elbow spout, which turned toward the street, some eight or nine inches in length, and…
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