City of York v. Spellman

The substantial allegations of the plaintiff’s petition in the court below are as follows: “That before the happening of the grievances hereinafter mentioned, the defendant had constructed a cross-walk, composed of lumber, on (said) Sixth street, at the crossing or junction of York Avenue street in an improper and negligent manner by leaving the surface or top of said cross-walk at a great elevation above the natural surface of the street or ground, and without making or causing to be made any gradual approach thereto for the passage of vehicles across or over said cross-walk; and kept and…