Barker v. City of Jefferson

Plaintiff was injured by falling while walking upon one of defendant’s sidewalks on High street, and instituted this action for damages alleged to have resulted from the fall. He recovered judgment for $4-50.

There was evidence tending- to show that the sidewalks were rough with ice and snow. Plaintiff, who was a one-legged man who used a crutch, testified that the walk was “full of snow and drifts and ice and sleet;” and that he fell by reason of his foot striking a ridge or drift of frozen snow and ice from four to six inches high which ran across the walk; and that the sidewalks had been in…