Alberts v. Village of Vernon

The plaintiff was injured by falling on defendant’s board sidewalk, being tripped by a loose board. The proofs show that the walk was old, and the stringers so rotten that they would not hold nails driven into them. Evidence was given tending to show that no repairs had been made upon said walk for more than a year; and John Norton, a witness for plaintiff, testified to being tripped by a loose board in said walk some eight months before the accident to the plaintiff. The court admitted this, against defendant’s objection and exception, as tending to show a long continuance of the defective…