Burchfield v. Borough of Conneaut Lake

Opinion by

Trexler, P. J.,

This is a suit in trespass to recover damages for injuries occasioned by stepping into a depression in the sidewalk on Water Street in the Borough of Conneaut Lake. Plaintiff testified that on November 9, 1929, in the afternoon she was walking on the sidewalk on the north side of Water Street in a westerly direction toward her home, with several bundles in her arms, she was hurrying; she did not know of the defect or hole in the sidewalk; she could not see it because of the fact that the entire sidewalk at this point was covered with leaves; she stepped into this hole…