Webster v. City of Charlotte

Tbe plaintiff was injured on a public sidewalk in tbe city of Charlotte — tbe east sidewalk on South A Street. In tbe middle of tbe block there is a short strip of pavement, which ends about midway tbe block. Opposite the north end of this pavement, there was a slab missing from the curbing. This caused the dirt to wash away, leaving a drop of four or five inches from the end of the pavement to the dirt portion of the sidewalk. The condition had existed for a year and a half prior to plaintiff’s injury. Plaintiff alleges that he was injured as a result of the defect in the sidewalk.

Under the…