HEWITT v. CITY OF MONTROSE

No. C3-92-662.

488 N.W.2d 5 (1992)

John W. HEWITT, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF MONTROSE, Appellant, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Defendant, Wright County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied October 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Grundhoefer, Carla J. Heyl, St. Paul, for appellant.

James R. Andreen, Jay T. Squires, Ratwik, Roszak, Bergstrom & Maloney, P.A., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and PETERSON and AMUNDSON, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

In an action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian who tripped and fell on a sidewalk, the district court ruled that the county's state-aid highway easement did not shift responsibility for maintaining sidewalks from the city to the county. We affirm the summary judgment dismissing the county from the action.

FACTS

In 1957 the state granted Wright County a 66' easement to construct a county state-aid highway...

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