Case Name: W. G. Richards v. Charles Stratton
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1925
Citations: 3 Ohio Law Abs. 279
Docket Number: No. 18766
Parties: W. G. Richards v. Charles Stratton.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 3
Pages: 279–279

Head Matter:
No. 434
No. 18766
W. G. Richards v. Charles Stratton.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Highland County.
829. NEGLIGENCE—1. Agent who undertakes particular work for another liable for injury to him.
2. Pedestrian going unknowingly through an unsafe alley, instead of by a longer sidewalk, does not contribute to injury.
3. In action for damages for violation of an ordinance, it must be plead and proven.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
1. One who, though an agent of another, undertakes and enters upon a particular work is required to exercise ordinary care in the manner of executing it and if he negligently injures another is liable for the damage sustained.
2. A pedestrian cannot be charged with contributory negligence in going through a public alley of a municipality which is in an unsafe condition instead of taking a longer but safer course over 'the sidewalk to reach his destination, if he has no knowledge of the conditions- which render such alley unsafe fortravel.
3. In an action for damages predicated upon the claimed violation of a municipal ordinance,