Jensen v. Kansas City

VAN OSDOL, C.

[ 305] In this tort action the jury returned a verdict awarding $8500 to plaintiff who had suffered injury when she fell on a sidewalk in Kansas City. The- defendant municipality, City of Kansas City, has perfected an appeal from the ensuing judgment.

Plaintiff fell and was injured when she and her daughter were walking southwardly on the concrete sidewalk along the east side of Barat Street — she fell at a point in front of the property numbered 333, fronting on that street. At that point the growth of the root of a tree near the west side of the walk had broken the walk and…