Finch v. Village of Bangor

The plaintiff recovered a small judgment against the defendant in an action for damages arising from a personal injury. The village authorities were engaged in constructing a sidewalk, and some of the old planks were piled in the street after being taken up. The accident occurred near a street corner. Instead of going to the cross-walk, the plaintiff stepped from the sidewalk bed over the curb into the gutter, about 10 or 15 feet from the cross-walk, with the apparent intention of going diagonally to the cross-walk. She claims to have stumbled over a board and fallen, and the jury were…