Francis v. City of West Plains

The appellant is a city of the third class, and appeals from a judgment against it rendered for plaintiff after a trial to a jury based upon a petition alleging negligence on the part of the city in keeping a certain portion of its sidewalks and streets in an unsafe condition, on account of which the plaintiff fell and was' injured, severely spraining one of his ankles.

Appellant raises numerous assignments of error and in its brief charges, first, that a demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained, and second, that certain instructions which were given on behalf of respondent…