City of Grand Junction v. Lashmett

Defendant in error, a minor, by her parents as next friends, was plaintiff in the trial court where she had a judgment for damages against defendant, the City of Grand Junction, for personal injuries, in the sum of $12,500. Reference will be made to the parties as they appeared in the trial court, defendant in error being designated as plaintiff or as the child; and plaintiff in error either as defendant or city.

On October 11, 1949, defendant was engaged in the installation of water meters in service lines at various localities throughout the city, one of which was the five-hundred block on…