Moon v. City of Ionia
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ionia. (Smith, J.) Case for injuries from defective sidewalk. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. A municipal corporation is not liable for injuries caused to individuals by obstructions in the highway not placed there by its own officials or by authority of the city government, until after actual notice o£ their existence, or until, by reason of lapse of time, it should have had knowledge, and therefore actual notice may be presumed;…
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Error to Ionia. (Smith, J.) Case for injuries from defective sidewalk. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. A municipal corporation is not liable for injuries caused to individuals by obstructions in the highway not placed there by its own officials or by authority of the city government, until after actual notice o£ their existence, or until, by reason of lapse of time, it should have had knowledge, and therefore actual notice may be presumed; citing Hume v. Mayor, 47 N. Y. 639. 2. Defendant is not chargeable for any injury resulting from an obstruction of a public…
1Opinion of the CourtCahill, J.
On August 18, 1887, the plaintiff, with her husband and infant child, attended the Grand Army encampment held at Ionia on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of that month. On the afternoon of the 18th she was walking- with her husband on Main street, in that city. She was on the south side of the street, going west. She carried her little child in her arms, and her husband was carrying an armful of goods. As they came near to the Novelty Mills, her husband, being on the outside of the walk, stepped on the end of a loose plank, which tipped up under his foot and tripped his wife. She fell heavily to the…
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