Thompson v. City of Lamar

Plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for personal injuries in the Circuit Court of Barton County, from whence it went on change of venue to the Circuit Court of Vernon County, where the action was tried to a jury, resulting in a unanimous verdict and a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $10,000. After unsuccessfully moving for a new trial and for arrest of the judgment, the defendant municipal corporation was allowed an appeal to this court.

Plaintiff was injured on August 16, 1922, between 7:30 and eight o'clock in the morning, while engaged in repairing the roof of a…