Harder v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Young, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after a dismissal ordered at the trial at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the Court
Collins, J.1
The single objection suggested by the defendant city
to the notice served by the plaintiff upon its mayor, as required by section 20, c. 8, of its charter, (Sp. Laws 1881, c. 76, p. 465,) is that in it the locus of the occurrence is not accurately described. The section supra provides that the notice must state, among other things, “the place where” the injury was received for which damages are ■claimed. In this respect the plaintiff insists he has complied with the statute by averring in his notice that “while passing over a sidewalk on the south side of Twenty-First street,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Spellman v. Inhabitants of ChicopeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Nichols v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Fopper v. Town of WheatlandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Lowe v. Inhabitants of ClintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- McCabe v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Barribeau v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Lyons v. City of Red WingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- City of Lincoln v. O'BrienNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
- Brittain v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- Larkin v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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