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

  1. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. WoodhamMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
  2. McCaughn v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  3. City of Meridian v. CrookMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Leavenworth v. ReevesMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Whitney v. CookMississippi Supreme Court · 1876

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3Cited by47 opinions

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  2. Planters Wholesale Grocery v. KincadeMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
  3. McGovern v. ScarboroughMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Hughes v. Star Homes, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Gulf Refining Co. v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1938

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