City of Kingsville v. Rivas

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Antonio Rivas, individually and as next friend of Hector Rivas, his minor son, against the City of Kingsville, seeking damages resulting from personal injuries received by Hector Rivas in an automobile accident which occurred on the night of Friday, September 30, 1960, on a four-lane street in the City of Kings-ville. Several days prior to the accident the Water Department of the City of Kingsville had dug a ditch or pit in the left-hand lane of the south-bound traffic lanes, and had left a mound of dirt some four or five feet high next to the…