Tinsley v. City of Winston-Salem

This is an action to recover damages for personal injury. The defendant was paving North Trade Street. In the middle of the street a ditch had been cut for a water and sewer line, and on each side at right angles with it were several ditches through which the main line was to be connected with dwellings on the adjacent property. The plaintiff lived on the west side of the street. She offered evidence tending to show that for fifteen or twenty years she had used a sidewalk or pathway there in going from and returning to her home. She used it every day; it was the only way she had. The lateral…