Trobaugh v. City of Milwaukee

The following issues are presented on this appeal:(1) Do ruts three to five inches in depth and approximately six inches in width worn in a natural accumulation of ice and snow which has formed on a public sidewalk crossing an alley, which ruts result from traffic using the alley, constitute such a defect under the provisions of sec. 81.15, Stats., as to permit a municipality to be held liable in damages to a pedestrian whose foot slip's into such rut causing him to fall?(2) Did the testimony of witnesses, that the condition of the ruts had continued substantially the same for the period of…