City of Ft. Worth v. Weisler

This is a suit by H. Weisler and wife, Daisy Weisler, against the city of Ft. Worth for damages by reason of injuries to the wife alleged to have been sustained from falling into a manhole on one of the streets of the defendant city. Plaintiffs alleged that said manhole was “in a tilted, unsafe, and defective condition, * * * that the said manhole covering and the manhole itself were of a defective design and pattern, in that the said lid or covering had an insufficient bearing to rest upon, and the same not fitting snugly upon the iron surface upon .which it rested, but had a play of…