Cook v. City of Topeka

Citations

• 75 Kan. 534
• 90 P. 244
• 1907 Kan. LEXIS 97

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Municipal Corporations — Injury Caused by Defective Alley— Notice Describing Place of Accident. Where one who claims to have received injuries because of an obstruction in a public alley files a written statement with the city clerk which complies with the statute (Laws 1903, ch. 122, § 7) in all respects, except that it misdescribes the place, but immediately upon the filing of such statement the city authorities start an investigation and the place where the accident happened is definitely located, and the obstruction removed, held, that a petition stating these facts is not demurrable.</p>