Hoffer v. City of Lewiston

This action was brought to recover damages against appellant city, resulting from its negligence in not repairing a defective condition of one of its sidewalks.

At the time of the trial respondent Ethel Hoffer had been a resident of the City of Lewiston for 36 years. September 17, 1935, she and her daughter left their home to walk down town from Normal Hill. They used the Sixth Street steps, “that being the nearest and most direct pedestrian way.” This walk is constructed of concrete steps and slants or ramps from top to bottom, one of them being a very long ramp. About two-thirds of the way…