Hughes v. City of Nashville

This is an action for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as a result of walking into “an excavation at the mouth of the alley just north of Ash street, made some hours before ... by Dan J. Farrell, his agents and employees, in pursuance of his contract with the city . . . for the laying of an alley crossing at said place; that said Farrell • and said city, ■ . . - . knowing or being chargeable with legal knowledge of said excavation, negligently and carelessly allowed same to remain open in the direct line of the sidewalk without due warning to pedestrians of…