Cornett v. City of Neodesha

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This is an action for damages instituted by the plaintiff, Mrs. Gladys Cornett, for injuries sustained from a fall on an alleged defective sidewalk located in the city of Neodesha.

The facts necessary to an orderly disposition of this appeal are as follows.

Plaintiff commenced this lawsuit by filing a petition containing two causes of action. Highly summarized, since its contents are not involved in this appeal, her first cause of action alleged the defect in the sidewalk complained of and that said defect caused her to fall; alleged with…