Legal Opinion
CITY OF MERIDIAN, MISS. v. Raley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 1960No. 41389PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGehee, C. J.
On August 23, 1958, the plaintiff, Mrs. B. A. Raley, while walking along the north side of Fifth Street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Avenues in the City of Meridian, Mississippi, fell and broke her wrist, for which she recovered a judgment for $6,000.
She alleges that her injury was due to the failure of the City to properly maintain the walkway, and that it was negligence on the part of the City in failing so to do. The sidewalk along which the plaintiff was walking extended east and west, and she was walking in an easterly direction. There was a dirt sidewalk from Seventeenth Avenue…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Greenville v. LauryMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
- City of Meridian v. CrookMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
- Ming v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
- City of Vicksburg v. HennessyMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- Pomes v. McComb CityMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Bond v. City of Long BeachCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
- City of Biloxi v. SchambachMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- City of Ruleville v. GrittmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
- Parker v. City of PhiladelphiaMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- Burton v. City of PhiladelphiaMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
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