Jackson v. City of Nashville

This was an action for damages for personal injuries received while walking on the streets of Nashville, caused by stepping into a hole or depression in the street.

The declaration averred the existence of a deep and dangerous hole in the street, the negligence of the defendant corporation in permitting the same to remain for a long time, and that plaintiff received injuries as a result of a fall caused by stepping in said hole.

The defendant pleaded not guilty. The case was tried by the judge and a jury. At the close of plaintiff’s proof and again at the corn-elusion of all the evidence the…