Jones v. City of Mannington

Calhoun, Judge:

This case involves an action instituted in the Circuit Court of Marion County by C. Paul Jones against the City of Mannington, a municipal corporation, and Thelma Shaw to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff and damage to his automobile caused by the falling of a boulder or large stone from a rock precipice or cliff located on the property of Thelma Shaw near .Pyles Avenue, one of the public streets of the city.

Upon a jury trial, the court, at the conclusion of all the testimony, directed a verdict in favor of Thelma Shaw, and overruled a motion for a directed…