Hamilton v. Salt Lake City

MOFFAT, Chief Justice.

This is an action in damages for personal injuries received by Mrs. M. E. Hamilton, plaintiff and appellant, while walking upon the streets of Salt Lake City, Utah, a municipal corporation, defendant and respondent.

On March 23, 1938, Mrs. Hamilton was walking westward along Second South Street in Salt Lake City at 9:30 A. M. While so proceeding, Mrs. Hamilton “stepped and fell into,” “immediately west of No. 114 East 2nd South,” a “hole or cavity,” and “by means thereof was thrown to and upon the pavement with great force and violence” and was thereby injured.

On the 19th…