Sneed v. City of Memphis

Luvinia Sneed, a colored woman, has appealed from a judgment rendered in the circuit court dismissing her suit'. She instituted suit for personal injury against the City of Memphis on the 16th day of April, 1925, alleging that on the 7th day of November, 1924, she was seriously, painfully and permanently injured by the negligence of the defendant in failing to keep Engle avenue in a safe, reasonable and suitable condition for passage over the same; that while plaintiff was walking along Engle avenue she was caused to slip and fall into a ru-t or ditch which the City of Memphis had negligently…