City of Baldwyn v. Rowan

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

In affirming this case we hold that the jury in the Circuit Court of Prentiss County was justified in finding that the City of Baldwyn failed to use reasonable care to maintain a certain street and sidewalk in reasonably safe condition for persons using them with due care. For several years prior to the accident in question the city allowed water to drain continually from an alley across the sidewalk located at the corner of the City Hall, thence down a short ramp to the street. On the morning plaintiff was injured this water froze so as to cover a portion of the…