Irving v. Town of Stevensville
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Ravalli County; R. Lee McCulloch, Judge. Action by William Irving against the Town of Stevensville, From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a new trial defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
By this action plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries received upon Pine Street, in the town of Stevensville. Negligence is predicated upon the action of the town in maintaining in its street a culvert in a dangerous condition, in that the plank covering was decayed and broken, leaving a large hole. *46It is alleged that, while plaintiff was passing along Pine Street on horseback, his mount stepped into the hole in the culvert covering and threw plaintiff to the ground with such violence that he sustained serious injuries. The trial of the cause resulted in a verdict for…
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