City of Bessemer v. Brantley

LIVINGSTON, Chief' Justice.

The appellee, L. E. Brantley, on September 6, 1949, 'while walking along a public sidewalk in the City of Bessemer, Alabama, at a point where a driveway leading into the service and repair shop of Lide Motor Company, a corporation, leased to them by Harry Kartus, the owner, crosses said sidewalk, stepped into a crack or defect in the sidewalk, about two feet wide and four or five inches deep, and fell, sustaining personal injuries.

It is agreed and stipulated that on December 12, 1949, the City of Bessemer received the following claim concerning the injuries received…