Norman v. City of Chariton

The petition alleged that plaintiff’s intestate, while in the employ of the defendant city in charge of a grading machine belonging to the city, and engaged in work in a park belonging to the city, was struck and killed by a tractor engine belonging to, and being operated by an employee of, the city, as the motive power for the grading machine. It was alleged that the deceased was in the exercise of due care, and that his death was caused by the negligence of the employee operating the tractor; that such employee was incompetent; and that the city was guilty of negligence in employing him.

The…