Eisner v. Salt Lake City

HENRIOD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s action against respondents, for injuries alleged to have resulted from a fall on a defective sidewalk. The court concluded that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. The judgment is affirmed, with costs on appeal to respondents.

The accident occurred on the south sidewalk of West Broadway in Salt Lake City. The sidewalk has a usual width of two 6'x8' cement slabs, but at the point where *677plaintiff fell one slab had been removed. Previously defendant Bonneru, a plumber, had excavated to…