Paugh v. City of Parsons

Lynoh, Judge:

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injury sustained while walking on a street within the corporate limits of the city of Parsons. The street was located in a new addition, opened and laid out by the owner of the land into lots and streets. Plaintiff and Pifer purchased lots, in front of which each of them had constructed cement pavements. Davisson owned the lot between; but at the time of the injury neither he nor the city had done anything by way of preparing the sidewalk in front of the lot for use by the public. It remained in its natural condition, except…