Girard v. City of Kalamazoo

Plaintiff had judgment for injuries resulting from a fall upon a defective sidewalk. It was *611a plank walk, and the testimony showed that it had been for some time in a state of decay. Both planks and stringers were decayed, and, meeting a party upon the walk, one end of a loose plank was thrown up, and plaintiff tripped upon it, and fell heavily to the walk.

Plaintiff’s daughter, who attended her, was allowed to testify as to complaints made during her suffering, but some time after the injury. This testimony was competent. Johnson v. McKee, 27 Mich. 471; Elliott v. Van Buren, 33 Id. 49;…