Carson v. City of Genesee
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court in and for the County of Latah. Honorable E. C. Steele, Judge. Action by plaintiff against the city of Genesee for damages sustained on account of personal injuries received from falling on a defective sidewalk within the corporate limits of the city-judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. Nearly, if not all, the authorities in the brief of appellant are cited in the opinion.
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APPEAL from District Court in and for the County of Latah. Honorable E. C. Steele, Judge. Action by plaintiff against the city of Genesee for damages sustained on account of personal injuries received from falling on a defective sidewalk within the corporate limits of the city-judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. Nearly, if not all, the authorities in the brief of appellant are cited in the opinion. Knowledge of a defect in a sidewalk by the person injured before he (or she) goes upon the same, or before the injury, does not per se establish…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
This action was commenced in the district court by the plaintiff against respondent to recover damages for personal injuries received while traveling over a defective sidewalk within the corporate limits of the appellant corporation. The appellant, city of Genesee, is a city of the second class, organized and existing under the general laws of this state. Plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment. The city has appealed from the judgment and from an order denying it a new trial-.
Both the briefs and oral arguments in the case have been entirely devoted to two assignments of error, and we will…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Hill v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Barnes v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- City of Detroit v. BlackebyMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Sutton v. City of SnohomishWashington Supreme Court · 1895
- Pettengill v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Smith v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1970
- Strickfaden v. Greencreek Highway DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1926
- Boise Development Co. v. Boise CityIdaho Supreme Court · 1917
- Foster's, Inc. v. Boise CityIdaho Supreme Court · 1941
- Smith v. SharpIdaho Supreme Court · 1960
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