Pinches v. Village of Dickens

Lightner, District Judge.

This is a suit by Mrs. Margaret Pinches for injuries on account of defects in the walkway of defendant village. She prayed damages in the sum of $2,500. The jury awarded her $3,000, but the district court set aside the judgment, sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff, who at the time was about 45, was injured on March 15, 1932, while crossing a gutter or drain. On that day she had been moving from the block northwest of the principal intersection of Dickens to the southeast part of the block southeast of the…