Tolbert v. City of Birmingham

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant, plaintiff below, brought suit against the City of Birmingham to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained on October 31, 1949, as the result of a fall on a defective public sidewalk. To comply with Code 1940, Tit. 62, § 659, plaintiff filed with the City Clerk of Birmingham on November 22, 1949, a sworn statement of claim reciting the following:

“You are hereby respectfully notified that the-undersigned, while walking on and over a public sidewalk in the City of Birmingham, Alabama, to-wit, at or near the Southwest corner of the intersection of 24th…