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· 4/2/1879

Nelson v. McMann

Citations

  • 17 F. Cas. 1325
  • 16 Blatchf. 139
  • 4 Ban. & A. 203
  • 1879 U.S. App. LEXIS 2049

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  • noting that a city is required to put up barriers \where an obstruction or excavation is placed or made in the traveled part of the street\ and whether a city street is \reasonably safe in view of all the surrounding cireumstances is always a question of fact\
  • “As to the duty of the city to light its streets generally it may be said that no such duty exists at common law.”

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Judges: Blatchford

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