Parker v. Village of Rutland
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action for injuries received on the highway. Heard on demurrer to the declaration, September Term, 1882, Veazey, J., presiding. Demurrer sustained.
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Action for injuries received on the highway. Heard on demurrer to the declaration, September Term, 1882, Veazey, J., presiding. Demurrer sustained. Declaration, in part: “ For that the said defendant did, to wit: on the first day of December, A. D. 1881, at Rutland aforesaid, by virtue of its capacity aforesaid and authority aforesaid, build, lay and construct a certain side-walk along- the west side of the street known as Merchants’ Row, and did build, lay and construct a certain cross-walk from the said side-walk on and across the said street to the east side thereof nearly in front of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royoje, Oh. J.
The declaration alleges that the female plaintiff sustained the injury complained of in consequence of the defective condition of a street crossing which had been constructed by the village; that it was the duty of the village to keep and maintain said crossing in good and sufficient repair; and that at the time she was injured it was not in such a state of repair. There wás a general demurrer to this declaration; and thus the question was raised as to the legal obligation of the village to keep and maintain said crossing in such repair…
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