City of Lincoln v. Gillilan
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Pound, J. Court should have taken case from jury. L. S. & M. 8. R. R. v. Miller, ^25 Mich., 274. Penn. Co. v. Rathgeb, 82 Ohio State, 66. McLoury v. McGregor, 54 Iowa, 717. On instructions refused : Reynolds v. R. R., 58 N. Y., 248. Thompson Neg., 1236. Rudolph v. French, 44 How.
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Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Pound, J. Court should have taken case from jury. L. S. & M. 8. R. R. v. Miller, ^25 Mich., 274. Penn. Co. v. Rathgeb, 82 Ohio State, 66. McLoury v. McGregor, 54 Iowa, 717. On instructions refused : Reynolds v. R. R., 58 N. Y., 248. Thompson Neg., 1236. Rudolph v. French, 44 How. Pr., 160. Greenleaf v. R. R., 29 Iowa, 46. Warner v. R. R., 64 N. Y., 465. Benson & Titcomb, 72 Maine, 31. Hart •v. R. R., 84 N. Y., 56. Beatty v. Gilmore, 16 Penn. State, 463. Otís v. Janesville, 47 "Wis., 422. Bassett v. St. Joseph, 53 Mo., 590. ■…
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
The original action was instituted by defendant in error against plaintiff in error for the purpose of recovering damages alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of a defect in one of the public streets in the city of Lincoln. The allegation of the petition is, and the proof shows, that on the evening of the 11th day of November, 1882, while defendant in error was riding along the street, his horse stepped into a mud hole or wagon rut and fell, throwing defendant in error upon the ground and breaking his leg.
The first proposition contended for by plaintiff in error is, that the…
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