Reeves v. City of Springfield

This is an appeal on questions of law from the Common Pleas Court of Clark County which entered a judgment on a verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought by the husband to recover damages for loss of services of his wife and for expenses, resulting when the wife fell on the sidewalk in the downtown area of the city of Springfield.

The accident happened on August 19, 1958, during the daylight hours. In his petition, plaintiff alleges that when “walking in a westerly direction on the sidewalk on the south side of West Main Street a short distance west of the intersection of…