Flynn v. Egan

Plaintiff brings this suit for damages for personal injuries against defendants, who are paving contractors, alleging that he fell into an excavation in the sidewalk which had been made by the defendants in connection with certain paving work they were engaged in.

The accident occurred at 8 p. m. on the night of January 10, 1929, on Franklin Avenue, between Myrtle and Elder Streets. The excavation, which was on the sidewalk of Franklin Avenue, was seven feet long, four feet wide and three feet deep. This sidewalk' is paved in the center, with a grass plot on each side. The paving is four feet…