Johnson v. City of Pontiac

The trial judge having reserved decision under the provisions of 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 14531, on defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, entered a judgment for defendant notwithstanding the verdict, the jury having found for plaintiff in the sum of $8,375. Plaintiff appeals.

On December 9, 1933, Mrs. Johnson suffered severe injuries as the result of a fall sustained while walking over or around a piéce of defective sidewalk near her home. The accident happened in the daytime and in the presence of a neighbor who had accompanied her down town. The day was clear, but it had snowed the previous…