Siratt v. City of River Oaks

BOYD, Justice.

Appellant Ira Siratt sued appellee City of River Oaks for damages for personal injuries sustained when an automobile in which he was riding plunged into an open pit or gap in a roadway being built through the City by Worth Construction Company under a contract with the State of Texas, which contract was made pursuant to an agreement between the State and the City that the State would construct the road and maintain it so long as it should be a designated highway. Summary judgment was entered for appellee.

Appellant had previously sued the Construction Company for damages for the…