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BISHOP v. CITY OF MERIDIAN

No. 39542.

223 Miss. 703 (1955)

79 So.2d 221

BISHOP v. CITY OF MERIDIAN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 4, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nate S. Williamson, Lester F. Williamson, Meridian, for appellant.

Dunn & Singley, Meridian, for appellee.

H.C. Mike Watkins, Sam O. Buckley, Meridian; T.H. Campbell, Jr., Yazoo City, Amici Curiae.

McGEHEE, C.J.

The plaintiff, Miss Annie Bishop, sued the City of Meridian for damages on account of personal injuries sustained on October 31, 1953, when she is alleged to have stepped into a broken drain or sewer when getting off of the sidewalk at the corner of Fourth Street and Twenty-Third Avenue in downtown Meridian. The defendant filed an answer in which it denied the material allegations of the declaration as to the...

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