Price v. City of Maryville
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. G. Ellison, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
An action for damages from a fall caused by an alleged defect in a street crossing. The petition charges that the walk or crossing, at the point in question, was in an unsafe and dangerous condition in that the earth under said crossing or walk at said point had washed away allowing the walk to sink so as to leave a depression or sunken place which would cause persons stepping into same, to fall and injure themselves; that this condition had existed for such a length of time prior to the injury that the city knew of it, or, by the exercise of ordinary care, might have discovered it and by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hamilton v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- State ex rel. School District v. DelaneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
- State v. BoyerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- Smith v. Wabash RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
3Cited by5 opinions
- Maxwell v. Kansas City, Mo.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1932
- Costello v. City of KansasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1921
- Sheridan v. City of St. JosephMissouri Court of Appeals · 1937
- Peterie v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Shopbell v. City of St. JosephMissouri Court of Appeals · 1932