City of Fort Wayne v. DeWitt
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Allen Common Pleas.
1Opinion of the CourtBuskirk, C. J.
This was an action by the appellee to recover damages resulting from injuries alleged to have been received by her by falling into a cellar, which had been excavated by property holders for the purpose of erecting a building, and by them and their employees left open and unprotected. The action was originally brought against the appellant and Byrum D. Minor and William A. Ewing, as *392executors of George W. Ewing, deceased, to whose estate the lots adjoining the sidewalk belonged, and Kanna and Ropa, as contractors for the excavation of said cellar; but after the submission of the cause to the…
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