Village of Ponca v. Crawford

This action was instituted in the district court by defendant in error to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of personal injuries suffered in the corporate limits of defendant, by falling from the end of a sidewalk onto a “saw-bench” and other obstructions which had been left lying at the end of the sidewalk. The sidewalk was laid along the east side of Union street from Third street south, along the west side of a building to its south-west corner, where it terminated at a height of about three feet above the ground, and without any steps or other convenient way of…