Harrington v. Alessi

The plaintiff, while travelling on the *435sidewalk of a public highway in front of one of the houses in a brick block owned by the defendants (who are husband and wife) as tenants in common, fell in an opening in the sidewalk used for delivery of coal through a chute into the defendants’ premises. When the plaintiff stepped on the cover of the hole it moved forward, and one foot went into the hole, causing her injuries. The cover was set in the groove of a stone flagging in the sidewalk. On its underside a ring was attached; and there was evidence introduced by the defendant that after the hole…