Jordan v. City of Lexington

This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Holmes county by Dr. J. W. Jordan, Jr., appellant, against the city of Lexington, appellee, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by appellant by reason of falling into a hole in a defective sidewalk in said city, and from a verdict and judgment in favor of the city this appeal was prosecuted.

Appellant’s declaration alleged that the appellee so neglected its duty of keeping its streets and sidewalks in a reasonably safe condition that they had become unsafe and dangerous, in that on the south side of…