Legal Opinion
City of Greenville v. Laury
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1935No. 31323PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The appellee sued, and recovered a judgment against the appellant for a personal injury sustained by a fall on one of appellant’s streets, caused by a crevice therein. One of the assignments of error complains of the refusal of the court below to grant the appellant’s request for a directed verdict of not guilty.
"While walking on the sidewalk of one of the appellant’s streets the appellee came to a right angle intersection thereof by another street; when she stepped from the sidewalk into the intersecting street the heel of her shoe, went into a depression therein, causing her to fall and be…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- McCaughn v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- City of Meridian v. CrookMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
- Leavenworth v. ReevesMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
- Whitney v. CookMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Gulf Refining Co. v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
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