Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Allen

Mb. Cheep Justice Burnett

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought for damages incurred by the defendant in error when she slipped or fell on an allegedly loose step located within the right-of-way of Jones Avenue in an area of Davidson County known as Old Hickory. As a result of this fall the trial judge without the intervention of a jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant in error. The Metropolitan Government appealed. All questions are stipulated, and the • only question for our determination is whether or not the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson…