Kleopfert v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $3,016 for personal injuries received while riding a bicycle upon a public highway. The case was tried before Simpson, J., who found in favor of plaintiff for $450. From an order denying a 'motion for a new trial, defendant appealed. No rule is better established than the general rule that a municipal corporation is not liable for the acts of its officers or employees in the performance of public functions.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $3,016 for personal injuries received while riding a bicycle upon a public highway. The case was tried before Simpson, J., who found in favor of plaintiff for $450. From an order denying a 'motion for a new trial, defendant appealed. No rule is better established than the general rule that a municipal corporation is not liable for the acts of its officers or employees in the performance of public functions. This court has applied the rule to the following cases: Negligence of a Board of Health. Bryant v. City of St. Paul, 33 Minn.…
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Plaintiff brings this action to recover for injuries sustained on Ken-'wood Boulevard, in the city of Minneapolis, which was held on a former appeal (90 Minn. 158, 95 N. W. 908) to be a public street. *120The cause was tried to the court, who upon findings of fact sustained the view that the city was liable for injury to a bicycle rider who, in trying to avoid a rope placed across the boulevard by the servant of the park commissioners, collided with a team and was injured. Judgment was ordered for plaintiff. Defendant appeals from an order denying a new trial.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kleopfert v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
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