Town of Carlisle v. Pirtle

In the summer of 1913, appellee constructed, in front of his premises in the town of Carlisle, Sullivan county, a concrete sidewalk, extending along the side of a public street. The sidewalk was somewhat more elevated than the sidewalks to which it joined at each end. In November, 1913, appellant brought this action in the Sullivan Circuit Court. The complaint charges, in substance, that appellee, by constructing his sidewalk elevated as aforesaid, formed at either end a sudden rise or step where it joined the walks in front of the adjoining properties; that the walk as constructed…