McLimans v. City of Lancaster
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Greqn County. Tbe case is tbus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ This action was commenced December 13, 1880, to recover damages for personal injury happening to the plaintiff on the evening of July 7,1879, by reason of a defective sidewalk on the north side of Dewey street, in the defendant city. The complaint was in the usual form in such cases.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Greqn County. Tbe case is tbus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ This action was commenced December 13, 1880, to recover damages for personal injury happening to the plaintiff on the evening of July 7,1879, by reason of a defective sidewalk on the north side of Dewey street, in the defendant city. The complaint was in the usual form in such cases. The answer admitted the incorporation of the city, the existence of the street, and the service, September 11, 1879, of the notice of the injury, the time and place of its occurrence, and the defect in the sidewalk,…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 1, 1885:
Gassoday, J.
Precluded by circumstances from hearing the oral arguments, I have the more'thoroughly examined the printed case and the briefs of the respective counsel, and by so doing have been led to the same conclusions as the other members of the court who did have the pleasure of listening to such arguments.
1. It is urged that, as the plaintiff had a husband living at the time of the injury, and also when the action was commenced, and as both occurred prior to the enactment of ch. 99, Laws of 1881, the plaintiff cannot maintain this action in…
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