Blankenship v. City of Williamson

Woods, Judge:

In an action against the City of Williamson for injuries sustained by reason of its negligence in leaving a certain street out of repair, the plaintiff recovered a $1,000.00 judgment. From this judgment the city prosecutes this writ of error.

The paved portion of East Fourth Avenue was sixteen feet wide. At the point of the accident there was no sidewalk on either side of the street, and because of the steep eighteen-foot embankment down to the railroad tracks on the south and the hillside on the north, pedestrians were required to use the street, which was also used by vehicles.…