Josupeet v. City of Niagara Falls

The plaintiff recovered a verdict against the city of Niagara Falls for serious personal injuries received under the following circumstances: In January, 1908, the city was engaged in removing a pile of stone and earth from East Falls street in that city. Something more than a year prior to the accident the city had constructed a large trunk sewer in this street, and a large quantity of broken stone and earth had been taken from the trench dug for that purpose. The pile was probably in the neighborhood of 100 feet in length, and from 12 to 15 feet in height, with sloping sides. Some months…