Williams v. City of Parsons

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from the alleged negligence of the city. The appellee resides upon Corning *650avenue near the place of the accident. In returning from a park in the evening she walked west on the south side of the avenue to and across 15th street extending north and south. There she turned north across the avenue, and in stepping from the surface to the curb encountered a guy wire stretched from a telephone pole to the ground, and was thrown down and injured by the collision. The wire was…