City of Wichita v. Coggshall
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Memorandum. — Error from Sedgwick court of common pleas ; Jacob M. Balderston, judge. Action for personal injuries by Jane Coggshall against The City of Wichita. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings the case to this court.
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Memorandum. — Error from Sedgwick court of common pleas ; Jacob M. Balderston, judge. Action for personal injuries by Jane Coggshall against The City of Wichita. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings the case to this court. The statement of the case, as made by Johnson, P. J., is as follows ; This action-was commenced in the court of common pleas of -Sedgwick county, on the 29th day of April, 1890, by Jane Coggshall against the city of Wichita, to recover the sum of $5,000 as damages which she claimed to have .received by reason of the negligence of the city in permitting and suffering one…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnson, P. J. :
This .action was commenced in the court of common pleas of Sedgwick county on the 29th day of April, 1890, by the defendant in error against the city of Wichita, to recover damages alleged to have been received by reason of a defective and dangerous sidewalk in said city, which the city had negligently permitted to be and remain in a defective and dangerous condition for a long time, with full knowledge of its condition; the petition alleges that while plaintiff below was traveling over said • sidewalk, in *543company with other parties,…
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