Stippich v. City of Milwaukee

The city grounded its defense solely upon the proposition its liability is limited by sec. 81.15, Stats., 1 to an insufficiency or want of repair in the sidewalk existing for a period of three weeks and a mere slippery condition resulting from a natural accumulation of snow and ice in winter, in the absence of an underlying defect which would otherwise be actionable, did not satisfy the statute. Prior to our decision in Holytz v. Milwaukee (1962), 17 Wis. (2d) 26, 115 N. W. (2d) 618, which abolished governmental immunity for torts, the dismissal of this case would probably have been affirmed.…