City of Cherryvale v. Hawman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MASON, J.:

Shortly after a marriage had taken place in the city of Cherryvale a number of men gathered at the house where the bride and groom were staying, placed them in a wagon, and drew them by hand up *171and down the streets, making proclamation of their nuptials and introducing them to passers-by in burlesque speeches, attracting a large crowd and occasioning some disorder and tumult. Frank Hawman, nine .years of age, was run over by the wagon, his leg being thereby broken. He and his mother each sued the city under the statute making municipalities…