Lord v. City of Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action against Municipal Corporation for Injuries Resulting from Defective Sidewalks. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile.
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Action against Municipal Corporation for Injuries Resulting from Defective Sidewalks. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. This action was brought by the appellant, Edward P. Lord, against the appellee, the City of Mobile, to recover damages for injuries, alleged to have been received by reason of the defendant negligently allowing a dangerous hole to remain in one of its sidewalks at a designated place, by reason of which the defundwflftt stepped into said hole, and broke his leg and sustained other injuries. The pleadings and the rulings thereon are sufficiently stated in the opinion,…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. Tlie complaint as originally filed contained the averment, that the defendant, a municipal corporation, was charged with the duty of keeping its sidewalks in a safe and proper condition ; that it negligently allowed a dangerous hole to remain in one of its sidewalks on the corner of Scott and St. Francis street in the city of Mobile, along which the public were accustomed to pass &c. The averment that the defendant allowed a dangerous hole to remain in one of its sidewalks, as averred, imports that the defect had existed sufficiently long to have been discovered and remedied by the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Albrittin v. Mayor of HuntsvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Mayor of Birmingham v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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