Bailey v. City of Cincinnati

This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the neglect of the defendant to keep in repair a public street, by means of which neglect he suffered a severe personal injury. The jury having rendered a verdict for fifty dollars’ damages only, a new trial is asked.

It was in proof on the trial, that the plaintiff while riding along one of the public streets, was thrown from his horse, and suffered for several months, from the fracture of his collar bone; meanwhile, he was deprived of his daily means of support, having been a superintendent of…