Anderson v. Mayor of Wilmington
Superior Court of Delaware
to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by plaintiff while riding upon his bicycle westwardly on Third street in the City of Wilmington, by running into a small wire between Jefferson and Madison streets which it was claimed the defendant or its agents had negligently stretched across the said Third street for the purpose of blocking it off, and had negligently permitted the same to remain for two or three weeks without flag, guard or other…
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to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by plaintiff while riding upon his bicycle westwardly on Third street in the City of Wilmington, by running into a small wire between Jefferson and Madison streets which it was claimed the defendant or its agents had negligently stretched across the said Third street for the purpose of blocking it off, and had negligently permitted the same to remain for two or three weeks without flag, guard or other proper signal of danger to give notice of the obstruction to travelers on the street.
1Opinion of the Court
See further facts in the charge of the Court.
Lore, C. J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—George V. Anderson, the plaintiff, claims that on the twelfth day of May, 1898, he was riding on a bicycle with due care, westwardly on Third street in this city; that between Jefferson and Madison streets, the city had blocked off Third street by stretching a small wire from a lamppost to a tree across the sftreet, into which wire he ran and was thereby thrown from his bicycle violently upon the ground; that thereby his right shoulder was fractured and that he was otherwise bruised and injured…
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