Beaudin v. Bay City
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Shepard, J. Case by Ernest Beaudin, by next friend, against the city of Bay City, for personal injuries caused by a defective sidewalk. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an action to recover damages for an injury resulting to the plaintiff by reason of a defective sidewalk within the city. The plaintiff recovered a judgment of $2,500, and the case is brought before us for review by writ of error.
The appellant’s counsel states the principal question to be whether or not playing upon the sidewalks of a public *335street by children is making use of such sidewalks for “public travel,” as contemplated by the statute making cities liable for in j uries from defective sidewalks. The evidence on the trial disclosed- that on the afternoon of October 14,1901,…
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