Palmer v. City of Long Beach

*136TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff brought this action for damages against the city of Long Beach for injuries resulting from a fall on a public sidewalk.

Plaintiff was walking along the west side of Pine Avenue, in a residential district on a dark night in February, 1944, when the toe of her shoe caught in a hole in the sidewalk, and she fell, sustaining severe injuries. The area was not illuminated, and palm trees lined the sidewalk. Neither plaintiff nor her granddaughter, an adult who accompanied her, was able to see the sidewalk as they walked. Plaintiff testified that this was the first time she had…