Dodson v. New England Trust Co.

The plaintiff, an appellee herein, brought an action in the Court of Common Pleas against The New England Trust Company, defendant, appellant herein, as successor trustee, and Toledo Service Parking Company, Inc., defendant, an appellee herein, to recover damages which it is alleged she sustained when a defective sidewalk adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by defendants broke and gave way, whereby she was precipitated into an areaway underneath the alleged defective sidewalk and injured.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $15,000 against the defendant-appellant and…