Warner v. City of Wayne

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by reáson of plaintiff’s fall upon a defective sidewalk in the city of Wayne. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $500, and the city appeals.

The petition is in the usual form, except that it alleges that at the time she fell the plaintiff was pregnant, and she suffered a miscarriage as a result of the fall. The answer is a general denial, with a plea of contributory negligence.

*683A former street commissioner of the city testified that he made an examination of the walk upon the block where the plaintiff fell in the spring of 1910; that…