City of Pawtucket v. A.F. F. Bray
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Action on the Case to recover the amount paid to satisfy a judgment obtained for the negligent use of an opening in the sidewalk of a public street.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The defendants are the ■ proprietors of a store on Main street in the city of Pawtucket, from the cellar of which they operate a freight elevator to the sidewalk in front of the store. The elevator well is covered by an iron grating, opening from the centre in two parts on hinges at the sides, at right angles from the front of the building. On the 26th of November, 1889, while they were using the elevator, Mrs. Julia Major, who was passing along the sidewalk about dusk, stepping sidewise, fell into the opening and was injured. She brought suit against the city of Pawtucket, and the defendants…
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