Barnett v. . Elizabeth City

Civil action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when she fell on a public sidewalk in the city of Elizabeth City.

The record discloses that on Sunday evening, 23 June, 1940, about dusk, the plaintiff was out walking with her husband in Elizabeth City. As she was about to cross Martin Street to get on the opposite side thereof, an automobile coming at a high rate of speed attracted her attention and she stepped into a depression or "sink down hole" approximately 8 or 10 inches in diameter, 5 or 6 inches deep, and covered with grass. It was about 18 inches from the…