City of Wichita Falls v. Mauldin

This is an appeal from a judgment in appellees’ favor for the sum of $525 as damages caused by an overflow'of their premises. The city of Wichita Falls denied liability. The briefs of the parties and the records are somewhat voluminous, but we think the case can be disposed of briefly. The facts out of which appellees’ action arose are substantially as follows: Appellees owned lot 8 in block 8 of one of the additions to the city of Wichita Falls; the lot faces Broad avenue, a graded street which extends north and south and intersects Twenty-First street, which runs east and west; one small…