Murphy v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $15,000 for personal injury received in walking upon a defective sidewalk. The demurrer of defendant to the amended complaint was sustained, Kelly, J. Prom the order sustaining the demurrer, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Action by plaintiff to recover damages sustained because of an alleged defective sidewalk; defendant demurred; the court sustained the demurrer; plaintiff appeals from the order sustaining it.
*4111. The complaint alleges that a certain sidewalk in front of a building in St. Paul was in a defective condition; that the flag pavements bulged up several inches and were slanting, uneven and irregular, .making the same dangerous to walk upon and likely to cause a person to stumble and fall; that as the plaintiff was walking upon the sidewalk in front of the entrance to a certain building…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gardner v. City of New LondonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Larkin v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Kandelin v. City of ElySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Sullivan v. City of SyracuseNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Connor v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Briglia v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- City of Knoxville v. FeldingTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
- McHenry v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
- Miller v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- City of Paris v. BrowningCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1965