Gilliland v. City of Omaha

In May, 1908, at the intersection of Pinkney and Twenty-eighth streets, in the city of Omaha, the plaintiff slipped and fell, causing a Colles fracture of her right arm. At the place of the accident there was a wooden cross-walk, extending across Pinkney street, laid upon the natural surface of the ground. Some months previous to this a permanent sidewalk had been laid along the south side of Pinkney street upon the established grade. In order to lay this, it became necessary to excavate to a depth of from 12 to 14 inches at the point where the cross-walk and permanent walk intersected. After…