City of Wyandotte v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Kansas
ffl'ror from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by Caroline Gibson, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Thomas Gibson, deceased, against the City of Wyandotte, to recover damages in the sum of $10,000, on account of the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of said city in maintaining one of its public streets in an unsafe and dangerous condition, and in carelessly allowing a dangerous excavation to remain therein without…
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ffl'ror from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by Caroline Gibson, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Thomas Gibson, deceased, against the City of Wyandotte, to recover damages in the sum of $10,000, on account of the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of said city in maintaining one of its public streets in an unsafe and dangerous condition, and in carelessly allowing a dangerous excavation to remain therein without guards, barriers, lights or signals, by reason whereof the deceased, while traveling upon said street in pursuit of his…
1Opinion of the Court
*241The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Thomas Gibson, plaintiff’s intestate, fell off an embankment in one of the streets of the city of Wyan-dotte, and received injuries from which he died. Thereafter this action was brought. A judgment in favor of the city was reversed by this court. (20 Kas. 156.) After a change of venue to Leavenworth county, upon a trial, plaintiff recovered judgment; and to reverse that judgment this proceeding in error has been brought. The general facts are, that the city, in grading Fourth street south from Minnesota avenue, made a cut in front of the…
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