Pfau v. Reynolds

This was an action brought by Reynolds against Pfau, to recover damages for injuries received in consequence of falling into an excavation made by Pfau in a sidewalk in the city of Quincy. Pfau was preparing to build a house, and in digging his cellar, extended it, without procuring the authority of the city, across the sidewalk. To prevent persons from falling into the the excavation, he built a fence across the sidewalk on each side of the hole, but left the front, along the gutter, unguarded, except by an embankment of earth about eighteen inches high, along the top, or by the side of…