City of Covington v. De Molay

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Affirming.

At the time of the accident in which appellee, Mrs. Mary De Molay, suffered personal injuries for which •she recovered a judgment for $2,000 against the appellant, city of Covington; Nineteenth street in that city had been recently raised and graded at the point as an inclined approach to a viaduct. To permit settlement and packing before surfacing with concrete, the street had been opened for traffic for about two weeks. On Thursday preceding the accident, an excavation had .been made across the street, about fifteen feet long and two…