Hoffman v. City of Palm Springs

This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by appellant Ann Hoffman when she stepped into an unlighted and unguarded excavation constructed and maintained by respondent city of Palm Springs upon a public sidewalk in said city. In the second amended complaint appellants alleged that on December 12, 1957, they caused to be served upon and filed with defendants and each of them, in writing, a verified claim sworn to by said plaintiffs before their attorney of record as a notary public, setting forth the claims for damages sued upon. A copy of the said claim…