City of Valparaiso v. Schwerdt
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Porter Circuit Court; Willis G. McMahan, Judge. Action by Belle Schwerdt against the City of Valparaiso. Prom a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $400, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, P. J.
This was an action brought by appellee against the appellant on account of injuries sustained by appellee as a consequence of falling on a defective sidewalk on *609LaPayette street in the city of Valparaiso. The sidewalk, where the accident occurred, was paved with brick and was four and one-half feet wide. At the place of the accident some of the bricks had become loosened and a part of the embankment had washed out, the washout and loosened bricks extending into the sidewalk about eighteen inches. At this place the sidewalk was three and one-half feet above the street, and it was-averred that…
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