Corry v. City of Columbia
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before MrmmingRr, J., Richland, December, 1909. Action by E. E. Corry against City of Columbia in court of Magistrate Jas. H. Fowles. From Circuit order reversing judgment of magistrate, plaintiff appeals. cite: Party may recover for injury caused by small hole in sidewalk: 6 N. E. 632; 19 At. 912; 74 Mo. 480 ,' 49 Pac. 489; 82 At. 347; 53 N. E. 1058; 33 N. E. 27; 20 S. E. 355; 23 N. E. 518; Jones on Neg. of Mun.
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Before MrmmingRr, J., Richland, December, 1909. Action by E. E. Corry against City of Columbia in court of Magistrate Jas. H. Fowles. From Circuit order reversing judgment of magistrate, plaintiff appeals. cite: Party may recover for injury caused by small hole in sidewalk: 6 N. E. 632; 19 At. 912; 74 Mo. 480 ,' 49 Pac. 489; 82 At. 347; 53 N. E. 1058; 33 N. E. 27; 20 S. E. 355; 23 N. E. 518; Jones on Neg. of Mun. Corp. 189, 185, 176. A cripple on a sidewalk: 11 N. Y. Sup. 289; Elliott on Roads and Streets, sec. 636; 1 Allen 177; Jones 426. Degree of care to be exercised: 52 N. H. 244; 76 N.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
Plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant municipality in a magistrate’s court for $100, as damages alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of defendant in permitting to remain in a defective and unprotected condition a certain hole about three inches in diameter, a broken out disk in one of the cellar lights on the sidewalk on Washington street near the rear of the Carolina National Bank building, whereby plaintiff, a cripple with one leg and compelled to use a crutch, while passing along the sidewalk…
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