Landolt v. City of Norwich
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
Case, for an injury to the plaintiff from falling on ice upon a sidewalk of the defendant city. Tried in the Superior Court for New London'County at its December term, 1871, liolden at Norwich, upon the general issue, closed to the court, before Seymour, J. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, J.
'The plaintiff claims damages for an injury suffered by him on Sunday, January 8th, 1871, by reason, as he says, of a ‘defective sidewalk in the city. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon of that day, while walking along Union street, he slipped and fell, receiving an injury of some severity. It. is clear that the ice was the cause of the accident, and the only question in the case is, whether the condition of the sidewalk was such as under the circumstances to subject the city to damages.
The rule of law on the subject,- as recently settled by the Court of Errors, is, that some duties may devolve…
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