Howey v. Fisher

The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover damages because of injuries received by her, caused by her slipping upon an icy sidewalk. The defendant was the owner of a dwelling house on Duffield street, in Detroit, which came out nearly or quite to the street line. There were eayes troughs upon this house, which were connected with a pipe which led to the sewer. It was claimed by the plaintiff that these eaves troughs had been out of repair for a long time, resulting in a dangerous accumulation of ice on the sidewalk, whenever it rained and froze, or when snow on the roof was thawed, followed…