Crofton v. City of Kansas City

MANFORD, Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries against a municipality, because of defects in a highway located within the corporate limits of the municipality. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict to respondents’-plaintiffs’ favor in the sum of $42,-750.00. The trial court entered judgment in accordance with the verdict. The judgment is reversed.

Appellant-city (defendant at trial) presents one point on this appeal, charging that the trial court erred in refusing to enter judgment in the city’s favor at the close of the evidence, because the city owed no duty of care…