Klipp v. City of Hoyt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BURCH, j.:

The action was one for damages for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian while attempting to use a sidewalk on the margin of a city street.- The plaintiff recovered and the defendant appeals.

The sidewalk was constructed of- cement and was in good repair. At the place where the injury occurred the surface of the sidewalk was fifteen and a half inches above the surface of the street, and the sidewalk, which was elsewhere eight feet wide, was narrowed by a building which projected into it a distance of nearly three' feet.

The plaintiff is a…