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Betty Jo Ward Dunn v. Kansas Gas and Electric Company

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 12, 1955No. 19-3221PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

Betty Jo Ward, later Betty Jo Ward Dunn, instituted this action against Kansas Gas & Electric Company to recover damages for personal injuries. The negligence charged in the complaint was that the defendant maintained in the sidewalk in Wichita, Kansas, a certain manhole cover which had become smooth through wear; and that when wet such manhole cover was so slick that it could injure anyone stepping upon it. The defendant denied negligence; pleaded assumption of risk; pleaded contributory negligence; and pleaded that the condition of the manhole cover was due solely to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Biby v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1940
  4. Greiving ex rel. Greiving v. La PlanteSupreme Court of Kansas · 1942
  5. Bailey v. SlentzCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Miller v. BrazelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  2. Transcontinental Bus System, Inc. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
  3. Elmer S. Nelson and Mabel R. Nelson v. Thomas Brames and Marilyn C. BramesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
  4. Miller v. BrazelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  5. Betty Jo Ward Dunn v. Kansas Gas and Electric CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955

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