Wiltz v. City of New Orleans

Plaintiff stepped into a hole on a sidewalk and suffered an injury for which she sues the City of New Orleans.

The plaintiff alleged that on December 19, 1922, at 4:45 P. M., she was walking along the river-side sidewalk of Dauphine street, between Canal and Iberville streets, when about some thirty feet from 'the corner of Canal she stepped into a hole on the sidewalk near the wall, about nine inches wide, one foot in length and from four to six inches deep; that she sprained her ankle, was confined to her bed for three weeks, and to her home for six weeks* that said street is all day…