City of Waco v. Watkins

Suit by appellee, O. G. Watkins, for himself and for the .use and benefit of his minor daughter, Leland Watkins, against appellant, the city of Waco, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the minor daughter by reason of tbe alleged negligence of appellant in permitting the covering on a water meter on or near a sidewalk to be loose or insequre, permitting said covering when stepped upon by said minor to tilt or fly up, causing her to fall^ etc. The ease was submitted to a jury, on special issues, in response to which they found on the question of liability as…