City of San Antonio v. Chabot

POPE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Olive J. Chabot, recovered judgment for $3,500' against defendant, City of San Antonio, upon a jury verdict, for personal injuries she sustained when she stepped into a hole in a sidewalk in downtown San Antonio, and fell to the sidewalk with great force and violence. The jury found that the hole was a defective condition, which term was defined to mean “such a condition as an ordinary prudent person in the exercise of ordinary care would not permit to exist because it is likely to produce harm.” The jury found that City had knowledge of the defect, that its failure…