Townley v. City of Huntington

Robinson, Judge:

This suit is one against a municipal corporation, seeking the recovery of damages for an injury to a child three years old, by reason of neglect to keep a street 'in good repair and safe condition.

The plan of the street provided a space between the sidewalk and the roadway for grass plots, so that the street might be beautified. A good sidewalk six feet wide had been laid, but for several months a trench through the space between the sidewalk and the roadway had remained open and Unguarded. This trench had been dug by an abbutting lot owner for the purpose • of laying a, water…