Erb v. City of Youngstown

OPINION

By NICHOLS, J.

Robert Erb, plaintiff-appellee, filed his action against the city of Youngstown claiming- damages for personal injuries received when he was thrown from his motorcycle as he proceeded thereon in a general northerly direction .on Fifth Avenue, a duly dedicated public thoroughfare of the city, his action being based upon the failure of the city to keep its streets in repair.

Plaintiff’s petition alleged that the city, after notice or knowledge that the holes existed in the street, negligently failed to repair the same and to make the street réasonably sate for public travel…