Taylor ex rel. Cooper v. Kansas City

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

Plaintiff, a minor, suing by next friend, had verdict and judgment against Kansas City, Missouri, in the sum of $6,000 for personal injuries sustained when he fell into a dry, unfenced concrete wading poo! located in one of the city’s parks immediately adjacent to the playground of a public school in which plaintiff was a pupil. The-trial court, on motion of defendant, set-aside the judgment on grounds of error-in overruling its motion for a directed verdict filed at the close of all the evidence in-the case and entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed to the…