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Sec. 40½. Filing claim for damages condition precedent
to action against City.

No action shall be maintained against the said city for damages
for an injury to any person or property alleged to have been sustained
by reason of the negligence of the city, or any officer, agent
or employee thereof, unless a written statement, verified by the
oath of the claimant, his agent or attorney, of the nature of the
claim and of the time and place at which the injury is alleged to
have occurred or been received shall have been filed with the city
manager within six months after such cause shall have accrued.