Wall v. City of Cincinnati

The plaintiff has based his action on the theory of a nuisance created by the defendant city in violation of the provisions of Section 3714, General Code, reading as follows:

“Municipal corporations shall have special power to regulate the use of the streets, to he exercised in the manner provided by law. The council shall have the care, supervision and control of public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, acqueducts, and viaducts, within the corporation, and shall cause them to be kept open, in repair, and free from nuisance.”

At the threshold of this…