Taylor v. City of Huntington

Riley, Judge:

Beatrice Taylor instituted this action in trespass on the case against The City of Huntington, a municipal corporation, to recover damages for alleged personal injuries claimed to .have been occasioned by a fall on Sycamore Street, a public street. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cabell County in the amount of five thousand dollars based upon a jury verdict.

Plaintiff, about fifty-six years of age, residing on Sycamore Street, tripped over and fell on a driveway within the legal limits of that street leading from the paved portion…