Heflin v. City of Lincoln

This is an action to recover $5,000 for alleged negligence resulting in damages to plaintiff’s lot and residence property at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and C streets in the city of Lincoln. East and west the lot has a frontage of 50 feet on C street and extends southward 142 feet on the east side of Thirteenth street. The principal improvement was a nine-room frame dwelling-house with two porches, all shaded on the west side and otherwise protected by large trees on both sides of a 5-foot brick sidewalk.

In the petition it is alleged in substance that defendant, in the pretended…