Maclam v. City of Marquette

The plaintiff, a resident of the city of Marquette, claims he was injured by reason of poultry crates being negligently permitted by the defendant to obstruct a sidewalk in said city. His claim is that about 8 o’clock in the evening, accompanied by three friends, he was traveling over the sidewalk mentioned, and that he stumbled over a crate which extended upon the sidewalk, and, to save himself, put out his hand, knocking another crate down and falling over it; his attention at the time of these occurrences being suddenly taken by some talk of his friends. After the plaintiff had closed his…