City of San Antonio v. Potter
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. J. L. Camp.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, Chief Justice.
W. H.Potter sued the city for damages for personal injury alleged to have been sustained by his falling through an aproach to a bridge, which had become undermined, and in respect to which the city had been negligent.
The city answered by demurrers, denial, and plea of contributory negligence and assumed risk, also that the condition of the approach was due to the act of God, in this, that a few days on or before the 29th of July, 1900, heavy, unusual and continuous rains fell in and around San Antonio, and that on the night of July 29, 1900, the date plaintiff alleges he…
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