City of Weatherford v. Rainey

This is an action by J. W. Rainey and others against the city of Weatherford to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by them by reason of the negligence of the city in maintaining and operating its sewage disposal plant.

The trial was to a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiffs in the sum of $1,500.

Defendant’s first assignment is that the court erred in overruling its motion for a directed verdict, and in this connection it asserts that there is no evidence which establishes its negligence in either maintaining or operating its plant.

The evidence, in…