City of Norfolk v. Travis

Redgate avenue is a public street of the city of Norfolk. There is a thirty-two foot roadway paved in the center, and fourteen feet on either side for sidewalks. On the south side of said roadway, immediately adjoining the curb, there is a narrow grass plot, then a paved sidewalk with a curb on the south side made of bricks — set diagonally in the ground and projecting above the sidewalk three or four inches. From this sidewalk to the property line — four feet five inches of the street was in grass, and allowed to be used as part of the abutting lots along that side of the street.

The…