Kretchmar v. City of Atchison

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Háns Kretchmar brought this action against the city of Atchison, and three persons, Albert H. Lehman, F. W. *199Mangelsdorf and A. E. Mize, city commissioners, and also Bert C. Wells, city manager, to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for the loss of an eye resulting from the explosion of firecrackers thrown by a group of unknown persons which, it is alleged, constituted a mob.

A demurrer to plaintiff’s petition was overruled and afterwards, when his evidence was presented, a demurrer was filed by each of the defendants on the ground…