City of Ripon v. Bittel
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to tbe Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. The defendant in error, Biltel, brought his action to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of a defective sidewalk. The opinion states the case.
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ERROR to tbe Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. The defendant in error, Biltel, brought his action to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of a defective sidewalk. The opinion states the case. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff below, and defendant took a writ of error. to the point that the court below erred in receiving evidence of the extent of plaintiff’s business, and the value of his services in carrying it on and superintending it, cited Harwood • v. City of Lowell, 4 Cush., 810; Feed v. Belfast, 20 Maine, 246; Chidsey v. Canton, 17 Conn., 475; Canning v. Williamstown, 1…
1Opinion of the CourtDixON, C. J.
The defendant in error here was the plaintiff in the court below and the action there was instituted by him against the city to recover damages for injuries to his person, caused by defects in a side walk which the city was bound to keep in repair. The plaintiff bad a verdict and judgment in that court and the city has sued out this writ of error. The injury was received in July, 1870, upon an old wooden or plank sidewalk, which the evidence shows was built in the year 1858. The walk was upon one of the principal thoroughfares on the west of the city, and did not appear to have been repaired…
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- Barton v. KaneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
- Goodnough v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
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