City of Lawrenceburg v. Lay

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

In this suit by tbe appellee to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by reason of tbe alleged negligence of tbe appellant city in placing and permitting to remain in one of the streets an obstruction, tbe jury assessed her damages at $500.00, and from tbe judgment entered accordingly, tbe city prosecutes this appeal.

Tbe following facts appear from tbe uncontradicted evidence: That leading off from tbe main street in tbe city was an alley about twenty-five feet wide and some two hundred and twenty feet deep. This alley was what is called…