Salzer v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. The action is for the recovery of damages for an injury which the plaintiff received by falling upon an icy sidewalk..
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. The action is for the recovery of damages for an injury which the plaintiff received by falling upon an icy sidewalk.. The evidence tended to show that, for a long time prior to-plaintiff’s accident, snow and ice had been suffered to remain on the sidewalk, until it had become a large accumulation at the place of the accident, where, by reason of the travel passing over it, it had become uneven, slippery, and dangerous; that, on the day preceding the accident, there-had been a new fall of snow, accompanied…
1Opinion of the CourtNewmaN, J.
The defendant alleges for error: (1) The overruling of the demurrer ore tenus; (2) the overruling of the motion for a nonsuit; (3) the overruling of the motion-for a new trial; (4) errors in the charge to the jury; and (5) in refusing to submit, in the special verdict, questions, requested by the defendant.
*4731. The point urged against the adequacy of the complaint is that it alleges merely an icy and unsafe condition of the-sidewalk at the time of the accident, caused by a sudden change of -weather. It is urged that the defendant cannot, be held responsible for that condition. It is true that,,…
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