City of Oklahoma City v. Moore

HODGES, Justice.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment upon a jury verdict against the City of Oklahoma City for personal injuries received in a fall when the water meter lid she stepped on gave way causing her to fall into the water meter box. The defendant Oklahoma City appeals.

Plaintiff, a welfare department worker, was calling upon a client in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, August 23, 1966, at approximately 7:45 A.M. She parked her car in a parking lot across the street from where the client lived, crossed the street and started across the parking between the curb and the sidewalk when she stepped on…