Hannon v. City of Gladstone

The defendant city constructed a sidewalk of plank, 6 feet wide, and for some distance over a low place it stood 21 inches above the ground. Plaintiff, 53 years of age, was traveling on this sidewalk at 9 o’clock on a dark and rainy night. The streets of the city were supplied with electric lights, which cast more or less light upon the walk. The plaintiff testified that it was so dark she could not see the plank, and for that reason stepped *622off. There was testimony on the part of the defendant that others saw her on the walk and saw her fall when 190 feet distant. The sole negligence alleged…