City of Wichita Falls v. Ramos

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

A city appeals a judgment against it for damages sustained by one of its citizens who stepped into an uncovered water meter box located within the right-of-way for a city street. The principal question on appeal is whether under the facts of this case, the city owed the injured citizen the duty to inspect the water meter to make sure it was covered.

We affirm.

Rufus Ramos is a resident of the City of Wichita Falls. At the time of his injury on August 2, 1976, Ramos was inspecting the property of Robert Thurman pursuant to giving Thurman an estimate of the cost of…