City of Beaumont v. Henderson

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

Velma Henderson, a feme sole, recovered judgment of $16,740 against the City of Beaumont by reason of personal injuries she .received as a result of a fall when she stepped into a hole in a public sidewalk in Beaumont, Texas. Trial was to a jury which found, in substance, in answer to (Issue No. 4) that the defect in the sidewalk where plaintiff fell was not trivial; (Issue No. S) that the defect had existed for sufficient length of time prior to the accident for the City, in the exercise of ordinary care, to have known of the same and repaired it; (Issue No. 6) that the…