Davis v. City of El Dorado

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant city, commenced this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while engaged in cutting branches off treés in a park owned by the city. Judgment was rendered in favor of the *154defendant on its demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition. The plaintiff appeals.

The petition, without its exhibits, is set out in eleven printed pages of the abstract. The defendant in its brief fairly sets out the facts alleged in the petition as follows:

“Plaintiff went to work for defendant on March 12,…