Lawson v. City of Waterbury

The plaintiff, a graduate nurse, was injured by a fall which occurred while she was walking along a sidewalk in the defendant city, and brought her action upon the ground that it was defective under the statute. General Statutes, § 1420. At the conclusion of the evidence the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant and later denied the plaintiff’s motion to set it aside. The jury might have found the following facts: The sidewalk in question runs in front of a school property. It is of tar, about six feet wide. An iron fence runs along the school property and is at a varying distance…