Dittrich v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff seeks to recover for an injury to his left knee, alleged to have been occasioned by a fall, on *247October 23, upon a defective sidewalk. The defendant offered testimony tending to show that on October 22 the walk had been repaired, and placed in a reasonably safe condition. Defendant’s counsel also sought to show that the injury which plaintiff sought to charge upon defendant was, in part at least, due to an accident which had occurred August 9. Plaintiff testified that on that date a street car had struck the same knee, and caused a crack in the kneecap, but .“after that it got well;”…