Grossenbach v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action to recover damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defective condition of a cross-walk in the defendant city. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. At the close of the testimony the circuit court directed á verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appealed.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action to recover damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defective condition of a cross-walk in the defendant city. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. At the close of the testimony the circuit court directed á verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appealed. To the point that where, by its charter, the care and custody of the streets and walks is intrusted to the city, and it is especially empowered to- keep them clear from ice and snow, and where…
1Opinion of the CourtGassoday, J.
The plaintiff testified, in effect, that on the evening of February 26, 1881, he started from his place of business on East Water street to his home, by one of his usual routes; that he went along on the west side of Rroad-way; that, while passing from the cross-walk over Oneida street to the sidewalk, and when in the act of stepping upon the bridge or apron over the gutter with his left foot, he fell backward towards the middle of Oneida street, and broke his anide; that at the time the apron was covered with melting snow and water, some three or four inches deep. The undisputed evidence…
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