Court Opinion

ID: 9808442
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 20:38:37.915909+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:12:47.056441
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Devin, J.,
dissenting: The mere fact that the plaintiff, an adult, at ten o’clock in the morning, in stepping up from the street to the sidewalk, stuck her foot in a small broken place, an inch deep, in the cement covering the curbing, was not, in my opinion, sufficient to show a negligent breach of duty on the part of the city to exercise ordinary care after notice of the defect, or that the accident was one which the city was chargeable with the duty of foreseeing and avoiding.
The plaintiff bad a safe way to step up on the sidewalk and avoid stepping on the broken place if she bad looked, and bad, herself, exercised due care and precaution for her own safety. I think the learned and experienced judge who presided over the trial below was correct in entering judgment of nonsuit under the authority of Burns v. Charlotte, ante, 48, and other similar cases.
OoNNOR, J., concurs in dissent.