City of Newport v. Ford

J. Fletcher Ford, administrator, brought this wrongful death action against the City of Newport to recover for the death of his intestate daughter, Becky Ford, aged 11, who was drowned while swimming in a pool owned and operated by the defendant. There was a verdict and judgment for $10,000.00 from which defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The declaration charges, inter alia, that the defendant negligently allowed the water in the pool to become dark and discolored, preventing a speedy discovery and removal of plaintiff’s intestate from the pool after she became submerged and negligently failed…