Maxedon v. City of Corinth

The appellant, Lyla Hern Maxedon, a girl about six years of age, by her mother and next friend, Mrs. A. B. Maxedon, sued the city of Corinth to recover .damages for injuries alleged to have been received by her as a result of having fallen off of a concrete sidewalk to the bottom of a ditch, which the sidewalk crosses, in the said city. The jury returned a verdict for the appellee, the city of Corinth, the court entered judgment thereon accordingly, and the appellant appeals to this court.

In 1926 and 1927 the city of Corinth constructed hard-surface streets,, concrete gutters, sidewalks, and…