City of Elizabethtown v. Baker

STEWART, Judge.

Appellee, Margaret Baker, injured when she stepped on a water-meter cover owned by appellant, City of Elizabethtown, filed a negligence action against the city and recovered a judgment of $1420.54. The city moved for an appeal, which was granted.

Appellant argues that (1) appellee, was contributorily negligent, and that (2) the city had no knowledge of the alleged defect in the meter cover .and, furthermore, its condition had not existed for a sufficient length of time to make the city chargeable with notice. We believe the second ground urged for reversal is meritorious and we…