City of Covington v. Asman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 76 — Action by Emma Asman against ti-ie City of Covington to Recover Damages for Personal Injuries. APPEAL FROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. The plaintiff, appellee, recovered a verdict of $535 against the city of Covington, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by falling in a bole on a defective sidewalk of said city.
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Case 76 — Action by Emma Asman against ti-ie City of Covington to Recover Damages for Personal Injuries. APPEAL FROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. The plaintiff, appellee, recovered a verdict of $535 against the city of Covington, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by falling in a bole on a defective sidewalk of said city. The appellant complains: X. That the verdict is not sustained by the evidence and is contrary to law, and that the court erred in not giving peremptory instructions to the jury to find for defendant. 2. The court erred in…
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JUDGE BURNAM
Reversing.
The appellee, Emma Asman, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries received by her on the 4th of September, 1901, resulting from an alleged defective condition in one of the sidewalks of the eitv of Covington. It appears from the testimony that the brick pavement in front of the Sisters’ School had been replaced by one made of cement, Avhicli Avas about three inches higher than the brick pavement, and at the point where the cement pavement stopped, and the brick began, a small gutter ran from the side yard across the pavement…
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