Gower v. City of Madisonville

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

This action was instituted by Mrs. Gower against the city of Madisonville, to recover damages for personal injuries which she alleges she sustained by slipping and falling upon a pavement which was constructed and maintained by the city along’ one of its chief thoroughfares. Madisonville is a city of the fourth class. By the petition it is alleged that the city undertook to improve the sidewalks on the west side, of Main street at the point named, which was in the business center and most populous part of the city, and did the work so negligently…