City of Pensacola v. Jones
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the Court En Banc. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Escambia County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The defendant in error .recovered a judgment in the circuit court for Escambia county against the City of Pensacola for injuries received because of a defective sidewalk in the city. On writ of error it is urged that the declaration is fatally defective, because it does not allege that the city “owned or constructed the alleged defective sidewalk,” or that the “sidewalk was not reasonably safe,” or that “the defendant failed to have the defective and unsafe places in the sidewalk properly guarded or lighted so as to warn pedestrians of danger.”
Under the statutes of this State municipal…
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