Long v. City of Knoxville

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment against the City of Knoxville for personal injuries resulting from a fall on a faulty sidewalk.

Mrs. Helen Long filed suit in the Circuit Court of Knox County against the City of Knoxville alleging that on March 5, 1968, she was walking along the sidewalk on the northeast corner of the intersection of Ogle Street with Candora Avenue when suddenly a part of the sidewalk gave way and turned over, causing her to fall and break her right leg.

Her husband, Corbitt Long, filed a companion suit for medical expenses and loss of services. The cases…