City of Kansas City v. Dore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J. :

Edward Dore and his wife, Ellen Dore, recovered a judgment in the court of common pleas of Wyandotte county against the city of Kansas City, Kan., for injuries resulting to them by the death of their minor son, Edward Dore. It was charged that the death was occasioned by the city in negligently maintaining a dangerously deep pond, attractive to boys, adjacent to one of the thoroughfares in the city, and that while playing therein Edward Dore was drowned.

The plaintiff in error had one year after the rendition of the final judgment to…