City of Manchester v. Beavers

O. J. Beavers sued the City of Manchester, alleging in part that on December 26, 1924, about eight o’clock at night he fell into a hole which was located partly in Main street and partly in the sidewalk adjacent thereto, which hole was about 10 or 12 feet long, 4 or 5 feet wide, and 2 or 3 feet deep; that he *338was in the exercise of due care and diligence and without fault, but that the city had failed to exercise ordinary care to keep the said street and sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition for travel, and that the said hole had been in existence at the time of his injury for at least seven…