James v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville

THE CASE

SHRIVER, J.

This is a suit to recover for personal injuries received by plaintiff when he slipped on ice and snow on a sidewalk and fell into a water meter box on Fatherland Street in Nashville. Among other things, the declaration alleges as follows:

“Plaintiff would show that on or about February 26, 1963, at approximately 9 o’clock or 9:30 o’clock a.m., he was lawfully walking in a westerly direction on the sidewalk adjacent to the south side of Fatherland Street between the 800 and 900 block, when he slipped into a water meter hole in the sidewalk on which the cover was tilted and…