Lynch v. Hubbard

Plaintiff claimed to have been injured by falling into a hole in a sidewalk upon one of the streets of the defendant city, and opposite a vacant lot owned by the defendant Hubbard. His ground of liability *45against the city is the statutory duty to keep its sidewalks in condition fit for travel; against the defendant company, that it broke the sidewalk by driving its teams across it; and against the defendant Hubbard, that he was the Owner of the lot, and neglected to construct a sidewalk after service of notice upon him by the city to do so.. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the…