City of Muncie v. Hey
Indiana Supreme Court
From Delaware Circuit Court, Joseph G. Leffler, Judge. Action by Lizzie Hey against tbe City of Muncie. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337u Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This action was brought by appellee for a personal injury resulting from a fall caused by the alleged negligence of appellant in suffering ice to accumulate and remain upon one of its sidewalks, the ice being formed from water collected upon the roof of an adjoining building and cast upon the walk by an overhanging and projecting conductor. Appellant demurred unsuccessfully to the complaint for want of facts, and then answered by general denial. The cause was tried by a jury, and resulted in a general verdict for appellee, with which answers were returned to special interrogatories.…
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