Walsh v. City of St. Louis

Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $10,000 for personal injuries resulting from a fall caused by ice on a public sidewalk. The city is charged with negligence in permitting snow and ice to accumulate and remain on the sidewalk resulting in a dangerous condition which caused plaintiff’s injuries.

On the morning of February 17, 1936, plaintiff was walking on the north sidewalk of the 3400 block of Rutger Street in St. Louis. The sidewalk was made of cinders. There was no curbing separating it from the street. With the accumulation of ice and snow the boundary of the sidewalk along the street…