Dooling v. City of Malden

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of a defect in the highway. G. L. c. 84, § 18. There was testimony tending to show that the plaintiff on the day in question was injured on a sidewalk in the defendant city because of slipping on a thin coating of ice covering a stone, which extended into the sidewalk from two to three feet and to a height of two or three inches.

Within ten days after the injury, notice in writing was given to the mayor of the defendant by a brother-in-law of the plaintiff setting…