City of Henderson v. Fields

WILLSON, O. J.

This was a suit by ap-pellee against appellant for damages for personal injury she suffered as a result of a fall she sustained in attempting to cross a ditch situated about a block from the public square within appellant’s corporate limits. The appeal is from a judgment in her favor.

The ditch referred to ran from north to south on the west side of High street, and crossed the sidewalk on the north side of East street. It waa 2 or 3 feet deep, about 1 foot wide at the bottom, and 3 or 4 feet wide at the top. About 2 o’clock of the morning of April 4, 1914, appellee, in going…