City of Polytechnic v. Redmon
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; Bruce Young, Judge. Action by K. C. Redmon against the City of Polytechnic and the Northern Texas Traction Company for personal injuries. Judgment for the Northern Texas Traction, Company and Stone & Webster Engineering Company, and for plaintiff against the City, and the City appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Mrs. Beulah Redmon was injured by falling into an open culver on the night of October 1, 1915, in the city of Polytechnic, and this suit was shortly thereafter instituted by appellee, her husband, for damages, with the result that it was tried and judgment herein rendered in appellee's favor on the 12th day of November 1917. As instituted the plaintiff complained of the Northern Texas Traction Company Stone Webster Engineering Corporation and the city of Polytechnic, damages being laid in the sum of $50,000. The court instruct ed a verdict in favor of the Northern Texas Traction Company and…
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