City of Natchez v. Cranfield

Madison street in the city of Natchez is paved in the center, and on the south side of said paved area there is, first, a neutral strip- about thirty-six inches wide, and next to this and extending to the property line is a concrete sidewalk five feet wide. Immediately adjacent to the pavement and in the neutral strip aforesaid there is, at the point where the injury in this case occurred, a catch-basin which was covered with a wooden cover made of 1x12 planks nailed on two crosspieces, 2x4.- The top of the catch-basin is about three feet wide by four feet long. ' On the morning of the…