Swindal v. City of Jacksonville

The declaration in this case, which was adjudged bad on demurrer, counts in substance on an allegation by plaintiff below that the defendant, City of Jacksonville, while engaged in the quenching, controlling, smothering and fighting of a fire in the city, created a dangerous nuisance in the city streets by leaving unguarded a certain fire hydrant and high pressure hose connected therewith which being left in that condition endangered the lives and safety of pedestrians on the city sidewalks, in consequence of which plaintiff, while lawfully walking along a sidewalk of the city where she had a…