Lentz v. City of Dallas
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. Addie Lentz sued the city of Dallas for personal injuries from a defective sidewalk. Plaintiff recovered judgment and defendant appealed. The judgment being reversed and rendered for appellant, the appellee, plaintiff below, procured a writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Plaintiff, a child 10 years of age, stepped into a hole in a grating upon one of the sidewalks in Dallas, and for the injuries sustained recovered a judgment against the city, which on appeal was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals, and judgment was rendered by that court in favor of the city. This action of the Court of Civil Appeals, was based upon a provision of the charter of Dallas which was construed as exempting the city from the liability asserted against it. The evidence showed that the owner of a building which abutted upon the sidewalk had made an…
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