McDonald v. City of Ashland
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff by reason of the insufficient and dangerous condition of one of the pub-lie streets in the defendant city.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff by reason of the insufficient and dangerous condition of one of the pub-lie streets in the defendant city. The facts oonolnsively proved on the trial, and those which the jury were authorized to find from the testimony, are as follows: Second street in the city of Ashland extends through the city in an east and wyst -direction. It is several miles in length and is the principal business thoroughfare in the city. It is improved and used for…
1Opinion of the CourtLyou, J.
1. A notice of the alleged injury, substantially in the form prescribed by statute (E. S. sec. 1339), signed by the plaintiff and her husband, was given to the city clerk of Ashlcmd within the time prescribed by the statute. Such notice was offered in evidence by the plaintiff, and received, against an objection on behalf of the defendant. Although it does not so appear in the record, it was alleged by counsel for the city in his argument that the plaintiff and her husband had previously commenced an action against the city for the same injury, and that such notice was one of the papers in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Goodno v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Northern Central Railway Co. v. United Railways & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1907
- City of Richmond v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1917
- Carpenter v. Town of Spring GreenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939