McCormick v. City of Monroe

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for permanent injuries caused to her by a fall resulting from a defect in the defendant’s sidewalk.' Her original petition contained two counts, one claiming that the defect in the sidewalk which caused her to fall was on the south side of Dover street, and the other that it was on the north side of Dover street, in the city of Monroe. Her amended petition contains one count alleging that such defect was in the sidewalk on the west side of Chestnut street between Sumner and Dover streets. The defendant’s answer is a general denial. The trial before a…