Mooney v. Hauck

The action below was for damages resulting from injuries suffered by reason of a fall caused by a defect in a sidewalk while plaintiff was walking thereon. It was brought against the owner of the premises abutting upon the defective sidewalk. The defects alleged consisted of an open areaway constructed and used in connection with the house of the defendant, extending into the *433sidewalk about three or four feet and along the front four or five feet, the covering of which area-way was iron or metal containing many round openings two or three inches in diameter, made for the purpose of being…