Batts v. City of Nashville

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Mrs. Batts, averred to have been caused by a fall on the sidewalk, by reason of stepping into a hole or depression, allowed to exist by the negligence of the defendant City.

The defendant, pleaded the general issue of not guilty.

Tbe case was tried by the judge and a jury. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, and again at the conclusion of all the evidence, the defendant moved the court for peremptory instructions in its favor on the grounds, (1) that there was no evidence to support the verdict; (2)…