City of Ada v. Criswell

The plaintiff in error, defendant in the trial court, appeals from a judgment for $750 based on a jury verdict in favor of tbe plaintiff in her action to recover damages for injuries received by reason of alleged negligence of the defendant to maintain a sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition for use by pedestrians.

Briefly, the facts harmonizing with the allegations in the petition are as follows: The defendant maintained a concrete sidewalk about five feet in width along Fourteenth street in the city of Ada. At a certain point in tbe sidewalk where a drain or gutter existed wooden planks…