Legal Opinion

Rolf v. City of Greenville

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1894PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to Montcalm. (Davis, J.) Negligence case. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

Plaintiff’s claim for damages is based upon the allegation of negligence that a certain sidewalk along Franklin street, one of the most public streets in the city, was dangerous and unsafe for public travel by pedestrians, and was so rendered unsafe by a heavy snow which had fallen many days previous to the accident, and “had been tramped and beaten down by the school children and others walking thereon when the snow was soft, after which rain and warm days had melted it from the sides of said sidewalk, leaving -the center thereof uneven and irregular ice, much higher in the center of said…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McKellar v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of ForsytheSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
  2. Cooper v. HarlowMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Ganun v. GanunMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Perkins v. Township of DelawareMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Berger v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1920

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