Boecher v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $2,000 for injuries received from falling upon an icy walk. The separate answers alleged negligence on the part of plaintiff.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $2,000 for injuries received from falling upon an icy walk. The separate answers alleged negligence on the part of plaintiff. The case was tried before Hanft, J., who at the close of the testimony denied the motions of the Union Depot Company, Morris, Shepard & Dougherty and George J. Grant Construction Company, for directed verdicts, and a jury which returned a verdict for $650. From an order granting the motion of defendants other than the city of St. Paul for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
In February, 1919, Morris, Shepard & Dougherty and the George J. Grant Construction Company were engaged in 'constructing the head-house of the St. Paul Union Railway Station under and pursuant to contracts with the St. Paul Union Depot Company. They procured a permit from the city of St. Paul to use a portion of Sibley street adjacent to the headhouse for a specified time in connection with the work. They were required by the permit to make and maintain “a clear walk four feet wide” around the portion of the street which they were permitted to occupy, and they made and maintained…
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- Rey v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Power v. Rodgers & Hagerty, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1913
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