Williams v. City of Hobbs

McGHEE, Justice.

The plaintiff appeals from dismissal of her action for damages for personal injuries on motion for an instructed verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground of contributory negligence.

On July 18, 1950, the plaintiff was walking along South Selman Street in the City of Hobbs at approximately 9:30 in the evening when she fell and incurred the injuries for which she seeks recovery. For some distance along Selman Street there ran a covered concrete sewer, some two' feet wide and two feet deep. The sewer was covered with a cement slab and its location and appearance was such…