Carver v. City of Jackson

Citations

• 82 Miss. 583

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipalities. Defects in streets. Notice.</p> <p>A municipality may have such constructive or implied notice of defects in its streets as to render it liable for damages resulting therefrom.</p> <p>2. Same. Defects created by the municipality itself. Ordinary ca/re.</p> <p>Where defects in a street were created by the municipality itself in the prosecution of a public work, and ordinary care would have discovered them, it is chargeable with notice of them.</p> <p>3. Excessive Verdict.</p> <p>A verdict for four thousand dollars, against a city in favor of a professional midwife and nurse, sixty-three years of age, for falling into a sewer ditch because of a defective temporary bridge, is excessive, in the absence of satisfactory evidence as to the extent and duration of her injuries.</p>