McKibben v. Amory
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: N. S. GilsoN, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced May 28,1893, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff March 4, 1893, by reason of an alleged defective sidewalk in front of the premises owned and occupied by the defendants in the city of Fond du Lac.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: N. S. GilsoN, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced May 28,1893, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff March 4, 1893, by reason of an alleged defective sidewalk in front of the premises owned and occupied by the defendants in the city of Fond du Lac. The answer consists of admissions^ of the ownership of the property, and denials of all carelessness and negligence on the part of the defendants or any of them, and alleges contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. At the close of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
1. The city charter required the defendants at all times to keep and maintain the sidewalk in front of their premises “in a safe, convenient, and effective condition, for the use of any person” walking.thereon; and gave to any person “ injured by reason of the unsafe or defective ■condition of such ” sidewalk “ the right to maintain an action in any' court of record against ” them, as such owners, ■“ for all damages or injury of every nature resulting to such person ... by reason of the neglect of such ” owners to maintain such “ sidewalk in a safe, convenient, and effective condition;” and…
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- Stilling v. Town of ThorpWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Wentworth v. Town of SummitWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Benware v. Town of Pine ValleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Steltz v. City of WausauWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Eron v. Town of Stevens PointWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
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