Bennett v. Citizens State Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

In the town of Sylvia defendant owns a bank building fronting east which is sixty-four feet in length, along the south side of which extends a sidewalk five or six feet wide. At the west end of the building a stairway extends about four inches into the sidewalk and leads to a basement, *91the excavation being about ten feet deep and walled with cement. On the evening of February 16, 1914, between six and eight o’clock, plaintiff and her daughter were walking along the sidewalk, and plaintiff, feeling that her skirts were coming loose, attempted…