City of Hazlehurst v. Matthews

Appellee brought this action in the circuit court of Copiah county against appellant, City of Hazlehurst, to recover damages for an injury received by him in falling over a penny scales platform which protruded a short distance over a sidewalk of the city, upon the alleged ground that such protrusion made the sidewalk unsafe for pedestrians, and,that the city was negligent in permitting it. There was a trial resulting in a verdict and judgment in appellee’s favor in the sum of $10,000. From that judgment the city prosecutes this appeal.

The court refused the city’s request for a directed…