Albritton v. Kansas City

JOHNSON, J. —

Plaintiff sued for damages she alleges she sustained from negligence of defendant in permitting ice, which had become a dangerous obstruction to travel, to remain upon a public sidewalk. The defense is a general denial and contributory negligence. Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff and defendant appealed.

In the morning of March 2, 1912, plaintiff, while going to work at a laundry where she was employed, slipped and fell upon an icy sidewalk and was severely injured. The sidewalk was on the east side of Prospect avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets and adjoined the…