Dosdall v. County of Olmsted
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Olmsted county, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the failure of defendant to keep in repair a walk appurtenant to the county court-house. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained by Start, J., and the plaintiff appealed. cited Cooley on Const.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Olmsted county, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the failure of defendant to keep in repair a walk appurtenant to the county court-house. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained by Start, J., and the plaintiff appealed. cited Cooley on Const. Lim. 246 ; 1 Thompson on Negligence, 618, 619; Dean v. Neio Milford Township, 5 Watts & Serg. 645; Calvert County v. Gibson, 36 Md. 229; Com’rs of Anne Arundel Co. v. Duckett, 20 Md. 468; House v. Com’rs of Montgomery Co., 60 Ind. 580; Pritchett v. Morgan…
1Opinion of the Court
Yanderbuegh, J.*
The sole question to be determined in this case is the liability of the county of Olmsted for an injury alleged to have been suffered by plaintiff from falling through a broken sidewalk upon the court-house premises, belonging to the county, which had become unsafe and dangerous through the negligence of the county commissioners, whose duty it was to keep the same in repair.
For the purposes of civil administration, the state has created the subordinate political divisions of counties and towns. Their officers are public officers, selected or appointed under the general laws,…
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