Williams v. City of Grand Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Superior Court of Graud Rapids. (Parrish, J.) Action for failure to keep cross-walk in repair. Verdict for defendant, by direction of court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The plaintiff sued the city of Grand Rapids for injuries received from an alleged defect in a cross-walk. "When the evidence was all in, the court below directed a verdict for the defendant, assigning its reasons therefor. Whether those reasons were good we shall not inquire, as, in our view, the plaintiff made no case upon his own showing. Neither is it necessary for us to discuss but one question involved in the record, as that is sufficient to support the verdict.
In his declaration the plaintiff, in setting out his case, avers that in June, 1856, and from that time up to the date of the…
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