City of Abilene v. Fillmon

COLLINGS, Justice.

Mrs. Ava N. Fillmon brought this suit for damages against the City of Abilene. Plaintiff alleged that she sustained serious personal injuries as a result of a fall in the alley back of her house while fleeing from wasps which attacked her as she was attempting to repair her back fence. She alleged that the city was guilty of negligence in constructing, maintaining and allowing a ridge of dirt to remain at the edge of the improved portion of the alley; that in attempting to escape from the wasps she fell across the ridge and broke her hip, and that the negligence of the city…