Garrett v. City of Wichita Falls

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Mrs. C. H. Garrett sustained personal injuries when she stepped in a hole in the park strip between the sidewalk and curb near the county courthouse in Wichita Falls. The area is a part of the public domain of the City of Wichita Falls. By reason of said injuries Mrs. Garrett and her husband brought a suit for damages against the city. Trial was to a jury, and though finding the city to have been negligent the jury also answered special issues convicting plaintiff, Mrs. Garrett, of contributory negligence. Judgment on the ver- diet was entered for the defendant city and…