Hill v. Norton

LyNCi-i, Judge :

The injuries for which plaintiff sued resulted from a fall into a coal hole in the pavement adjacent to the lot and building thereon owned by defendants, who are now plaintiffs in error. The cover slipped or tilted when plaintiff stepped on it, one of her legs suddenly dropping into the opening, her body falling heavily across the upper edge of the circular iron grating.

In support of their demurrer to each of the two counts, defendants argue the declaration is insufficient; because the averments of the first are in part stated in the disjunctive, and both charge defendants “as…