Estep v. Bratton

Action by Bunk Bratton and wife to recover damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff’s wife, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence in excavating and leaving, without sufficient signals or guards, a ditch across a street of the city of Abilene, and into which ditch said wife fell and sustained serious injuries. Right to recover was based upon the allegations of negligence in general and upon violation of the city ordinance specifying the manner in which said excavation should be guarded both by day and night. Plaintiffs had a verdict, and the defendant appealed from the order…