Crain v. City of Louisville

CAMMACK, Justice.

Mrs. Myrtle Crain instituted this action against the City of Louisville to recover damages for injuries she sustained when her foot caught on an elevation or lift in the sidewalk, thereby causing her to fall. The accident occurred at night. Mrs. Crain had lived for six or seven years about two doors from the defective place in the sidewalk, which defect had been there all that time, and she was fully aware of its existence. Her explanation as to .the manner in which the accident" happened was that she was talking with Miss Pence, who was walking with her, and never gaye the…