Water, Light & Ice Co. of Weatherford v. Barnett
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Parker County; F. O. McKinsey, Judge. Action by Mrs. Marie Barnett and husband against the City of Weatherford and the Water, Light & Ice Company of Weatherford. The City was given a peremptory instruction in its favor, and from a judgment against the other defendant in favor of plaintiffs, it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
Mrs. Marie Barnett and husband, Paul Barnett, sued the city of Weath-erford and the Water, Light & Ice Company of Weatherford for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Barnett through falling into a water meter maintained on the sidewalk of one of the streets of Weatherford. Plaintiff alleged that while she was walking along said sidewalk she stepped upon the lid of a meter box belonging to the Water, Light & Ice Company, and that the box inclosing same was then in an unsafe and defective condition, and that by reason thereof the lid of said box gave way under her and…
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