Cooper v. Bradlyn

Ohio Supreme Court
Cooper v. Bradlyn, 175 N.E. 603 (Ohio 1931)
123 Ohio St. 392; 123 Ohio St. (N.S.) 392; 9 Ohio Law. Abs. 668; 1931 Ohio LEXIS 356
Marshall, Jones, Matthias, Day, Aleen, Kinkade, Robinson

Cooper v. Bradlyn

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

Abraham Bradlyn sued the city and the board of county commissioners in the same action, seeking damages for personal injuries. He recovered judgment against both defendants. After a remittitur of a part of the trial court’s judgment had been made and consented to, the Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the lower court. Thereupon the cause came to this court upon error.

"We find no abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court in permitting the plaintiff below to file his second amended petition at the beginning of the trial. The plaintiff, in his pleading, alleged that he suffered his injuries by reason of the negligence of-the defendants in not keeping a sidewalk in repair in permitting a sheet-iron or metal strip to so pro *393 trude from two to six inches above the level of a sidewalk as to cause him to stumble and fall. This metal strip overlaid a concrete sidewalk which ran lengthwise over the bridge and was used by the traveling public. The concrete sidewalk and the superimposed strip were a part of the bridge.

Since the sidewalk, including the metal strip, was a part of the bridge superstructure, the legal principles announced in City of Youngstown v. Sturgess, 102 Ohio St., 480, 132 N. E., 17, apply, and both cases will be affirmed on authority of that case.

Judgments affirmed.

Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Day, Aleen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Cooper Et Al., Board of County Commissioners of Mahoning County, v. Bradlyn; City of Youngstown v. Bradlyn
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published