Howey v. Fisher

Plaintiff received injuries from stepping on an icy sidewalk. - She brings this action against the defendant, who is the owner of a lot abutting upon the street, claiming that the eaves-trough upon his house situated on this lot had been for a considerable time out of repair, and that the formation of ice which caused the injury was the result of water carried from defendant’s premises to the walk by reason of such defective eaves-trough. The case has once been before the court, and is found reported at 111 Mich. 422. It is contended by plaintiff’s counsel that some of the questions raised by…