Burcham v. City of Mullens

Riley, Judge:

Mary Elizabeth Burcham instituted in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County this action of trespass on the case against The City of Mullens, a municipal corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her in a fall on a.board platform on a sidewalk on Oak Street, a public street in the City of Mullens, which the plaintiff alleges was “out of repair” within the meaning of Code, 17-10-17. To a judgment in plaintiff’s favor in the amount of one thousand dollars, based upon a jury verdict, the defendant municipality prosecutes this writ of error.

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