Cranfield v. City of Winston-Salem

During the trial plaintiff asked leave of the court to amend the complaint in order to set up section 109 of the ordinances of the city, and that the city negligently failed to comply with said ordinances, and that such negligence was the proximate cause of his injury. The plaintiff offered in evidence section 109 of the ordinance of defendant city, which is as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to make any excavation or do any work which may create or cause a dangerous condition in or on or near any street, alley, sidewalk or public place of the city without placing and…