Hack v. City of Pittsburg

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries. Judgment was for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Plaintiff has filed a cross-appeal asking for a new trial on the amount of damages.

The damages claimed are the result of plaintiff’s stumbling and falling on account of a hole in that portion of a city street ordinarily used for vehicular traffic. The street in question led to an outlying portion of the city. It was' not'paved but was made of cinders, well packed and hard. There were no sidewalks on this street at the point where the…