Rupp v. Burgess

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

The declaration contains two counts, the first of which sets out that the defendant was the owner of -a certain lot fronting on Newton street, in the city of Newark, and that while owning and -occupying this lot he wrongfully and- knowingly permitted the flagstones with which the sidewalk in front of his property was covered to become and remain in a broken, insecure and dilapidated condition, and that by reason of such conduct the female plaintiff, who was then passing along the street upon this portion of the sidewalk, without…