City of Lafayette v. Clark
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Carroll Circuit Court; Benjamin F. Carr, Judge. Action by Catherine Clark, administratrix of the estate of Clifford Clark, deceased, against the city of Lafayette. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBatman, J.
This is an action by appellee to recover the damages sustained by the next of kin of Clifford Clark, whose death, it is alleged, was caused by the following acts of negligence on the part of appellant: (1) In constructing and maintaining at the intersection of two of its streets a dangerous obstruction, consisting of a gutter and catch-basin, depressed seven or eight inches below the surface of said streets, and certain stone slabs set in connection therewith, which extended out into said streets a distance of three feet, and seven or eight inches above the grade thereof; (2) in permitting a *567l…
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