River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-12-31

posts were rotted and were in a defective
and because of their coneealment
Afforded no warning and because of their
rottenness afforded no protection to the
users of said highway; and that the high
way authorities were negligent in allowing
the said poles and posts to become OBJ
scured and to be defective and rotted
and that by reason Of such negligence the
claimant had warning of the existence
OF the said dangerous conditions and said
ravine and cuivert but supposing the same
TO be an ordinary safe road, her car was
thrown violently down the embankment of
the said ravine and into the same damag-
ing said automobile in the sum of Eight
Hundreds Dollars, bending the front axle
on the left side and breaking one foot upon
which the motor rests, and breaking aud
bullying the body of said and causing
acid to run over and ruin the inside up-
holstery thereof and otherwise damaging
and injuring said automobile and affiant
was injured by acid running into her eyes
and upon her lower limbs burning her
clothing and soaking her body with acid
and OIL by reason of which atiant was
obliged to give up her profession a
was obliged to pay out amounts for wreck
ing service to her damage in the sum of
$500.
Wherefore affiant makes claim By reason
of the facts herein alleged against the au-
thorities charged with the maintenance of
said highway above named in the sum Of
One Thousand Dollars and aifiant charged
that said authorities have been negligent
in not maintaining suitable and sufficient
guard rails and in not keeping them UNI
0bscured by weeds and in permitting weeds
and growth to obscure the dangerous place
ana that said place is and was a danger
Gus place requiring guards and warning and
Cured about z. NJ, said 9Th day of
August, 1925.
CECILIA q. MILLER
State of Minnesota County of GoodhGe SIS.
Cecilia @, Miller, being FIRST duly sworn,
deposes and says that sine is the person who
makes the foregoing claim and that she
has read the same and that the same is
true Of her own knowledge and belief ex-
cept to matters therein stated in
formation and belief and as to such mat tiers
she believes II to be true
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
eth day Of August, A. D. 1928.
j. A. ANDERSON,
Notary Public Goodhue County Mimi
MY commission expires Oct Sth. 1927
CLAIMS OF LEON ARD PECHACEK
Leonard fecHacek of the Town of River
Falls, Pierce County, Wisconsin, hereby
submits his claim against said Pierce
and makes the following statement with
respect thereto:
on October s. 1925. at about $50 p. NJ.
he was driving East on state highway No
t16 at a point in said highway where the
same crosses a culvert in the Southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter of Sec
tion 5. Township 81 North Range - West
I that tie claimant was operating his autD-
mobile which was a Ford roadster, in 9
careful and prudent manner, but that or
lacco1lnt Of the dangerous and unsafe condi
tiop of said highway his said automobile
| coldded with the abuttment the SOutl
| side of said cuivert the said dangerous ane
| unsafe condition of said highway is due &
the fact that the abuttment on the Soutf
side of said culvert is about four feet Nortf
| Of the point where it should be so that al
an automobile approaches il from the Eas
! it appears to be almost in the center o
said highway instead of on the right side
| thereof.
/ At the time of said collision the claiman
| was giving his attention to another auto
| mobile which approaching him from
he East.
| The said claimants Ford roadster wa
damaged to the extent OF Forty-one Dol
| lars and Seventy-one Cents ($41.71) and H.
has been put to expense of Three Dol
/ lars $3.50 in preparing and filing this claim
and therefore asks to be reimbursed b.
| said county in the sum of Forty-fOur Dol
lars and Seventy-one Cents ($4471).
| LEONARD PECHACEK.
| State of Wisconsin, County of Pierce,
| sworn oath deposes and says that he i
the person making the claim above Sc
| forth; that he has heard read the foregoing
| statement and knows the contents thereo
and that the same is true to his owl
| knowledge.
LEONARD PEcHACEK.
/ Subscribed and sworn to before thi
| 18th day of October 1925.
| LOUIS s. DOOLITTLE.
Notary Public. Pierce County. Wisconsin