Ledbetter v. City of Great Falls

This action was commenced by plaintiff Ledbetter against Marvin A. Tucker, Edwin Johnson, and City of Great Falls, defendants, to recover $11,096.75 damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff in falling into an open trench dug by the defendant Tucker, under the direction and supervision of the defendant Johnson, a licensed plumber, and extending between the curbing and the sidewalk adjacent to a public street in defendant city.

On March 10, 1948, the cause was brought on for trial and a jury empaneled. It there appearing that the defendant Tucker had neither…