39 Minn. 196 | Minn. | 1888
In Shartle v. City of Minneapolis, 17 Minn. 284, (308,) it was determined that a municipal corporation, having exclusive control of streets within its limits, at ieast if the means of performing the duty are placed at its disposal, is obliged to keep' them in a safe condition, and is liable for injuries caused by unreasonable neglect of that duty. Within this duty a sidewalk is but part of a street. Furnell v. City of St. Paul, 20 Minn. 101, (117;) Bohen v. City of Waseca, 32 Minn. 176, (19 N. W. Rep. 730;) Noonan v. City of Stillwater, 33 Minn. 198, (22 N. W. Rep. 444.) The charter of defendant in various sections gives to it in detail all the powers over streets that a municipal corporation could exercise, such powers, being necessarily exclusive; and in respect to sidewalks gives the power to establish their width and grade, to determine the kind of material of which they shall be constructed, to cause them to be constructed or repaired by the abutting lot-owners at their own expense,
Order affirmed.