Quinlan v. Kansas City
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court.— Mon. Samuel Davis, Judge. (1) A city is not liable merely because a sidewalk is defective. To create liability it must be not reasonably safe. Blake v. St. Louis, 40 Mo. N69; Bonine v. Richmond, 75 Mo. 437; Robertson v. Railway, 152 Mo. 389; Carvin v. St. Louis, 151 Mo. 334; Warren v. Independence, 153 Mo. 593; Smith v. Brunswick, 61= Mo. App. 578; Wallis v. Westport, 82 Mo.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court.— Mon. Samuel Davis, Judge. (1) A city is not liable merely because a sidewalk is defective. To create liability it must be not reasonably safe. Blake v. St. Louis, 40 Mo. N69; Bonine v. Richmond, 75 Mo. 437; Robertson v. Railway, 152 Mo. 389; Carvin v. St. Louis, 151 Mo. 334; Warren v. Independence, 153 Mo. 593; Smith v. Brunswick, 61= Mo. App. 578; Wallis v. Westport, 82 Mo. App. 522. (2) The city is not liable merely because ice on its walk is rough and uneven. Reno v. St. Joseph, 169 Mo. 656. (3) Plaintiff’s instructions numbered 1 and 2 state a false…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, J.
This suit was begun in the circuit court of Jackson county and taken by change of venue to Lafayette county where it was tried and appealed to this court.
The plaintiff sues for damages claimed to have been sustained by reason of a fall caused by the slippery condition of defendant’s sidewalk. The evidence developed that plaintiff slipped and fell on the east side of Cherry street about twenty feet north of the comer of Thirteenth street, on January 11, 1901. Prior to the time of her fall and injury there had been a fall of snow and sleet which the plaintiff’s evidence tended to show had…
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- Reedy v. St. Louis Brewing Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Reno v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Blackwell v. HillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1898
- Squiers v. Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
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- Barker v. City of JeffersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
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