Brickell v. KANSAS CITY, MO

LOZIER, C.

Plaintiff-appellant’s action against defendant-respondent city was for $12,500 damages for personal injuries allegedly resulting from a fall upon a public sidewalk upon which, she alleged, the city had negligently permitted mud and water to accumulate. Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment entered upon the sustention of the city’s motion for judgment on the pleadings.

In her petition, filed October 29, 1951, plaintiff alleged that she sustained her injuries at a certain place and under certain circumstances on September 15, 1951. In its answer, filed June 4, 1953, the city first…