Central Reporter: Cases, Courts of Last Resort, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, 1885-[88].1887 |
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... street or sidewalk , it is their duty , without unreasonable delay to repair it ; and when a street or sidewalk has been out of repair for considerable time , so that by reasonable diligence they could have had notice of the defect ...
... street or sidewalk , it is their duty , without unreasonable delay to repair it ; and when a street or sidewalk has been out of repair for considerable time , so that by reasonable diligence they could have had notice of the defect ...
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... street over which the defendant had jurisdiction . The owner could not by the mere removal of his fence impose on the public this strip of land as a street ; nor could the public deprive him of any right or interest or control over it ...
... street over which the defendant had jurisdiction . The owner could not by the mere removal of his fence impose on the public this strip of land as a street ; nor could the public deprive him of any right or interest or control over it ...
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... streets ; controlled it ; paid for its side- Rondout , 44 Barb . 385 ; Hume v . Mayor , 74 N. walks in scrip ; kept ... street clear of this obstruction , keep the side- walk in condition that the traveler might safely pass over it , no ...
... streets ; controlled it ; paid for its side- Rondout , 44 Barb . 385 ; Hume v . Mayor , 74 N. walks in scrip ; kept ... street clear of this obstruction , keep the side- walk in condition that the traveler might safely pass over it , no ...
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... street , then | and to the same penalties for neglect of duty it is their duty without unreasonable delay to as the overseers of the highways of the several repair it . They do not fill the measure of their road districts in the Town of ...
... street , then | and to the same penalties for neglect of duty it is their duty without unreasonable delay to as the overseers of the highways of the several repair it . They do not fill the measure of their road districts in the Town of ...
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... streets and sidewalks in a safe condition . We have now noticed all the objections to plaintiff's recovery which were ... street , it was negligence for the plaint- iff to attempt to pass over the defect , but she should have gone around ...
... streets and sidewalks in a safe condition . We have now noticed all the objections to plaintiff's recovery which were ... street , it was negligence for the plaint- iff to attempt to pass over the defect , but she should have gone around ...
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