SMYTH v. CITY OF ST. JOSEPH

No. 22504.

297 S.W.2d 578 (1956)

Alice SMYTH, Respondent, v. CITY OF ST. JOSEPH, a Municipal Corporation, and Land Construction Company, a Corporation, Appellants.

Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri.

January 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Pickle, City Counselor, J. B. Steiner, Asst. City Counselor, St. Joseph, for appellant City of St. Joseph.

Culver, Phillip, Kauffman & Smith, by W. J. Sherwood, W. H. Utz, Jr., St. Joseph, for Land Construction Co.

Sprague, Wilcox & Houts, St. Joseph, for respondent.


DEW, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by a fall while walking across a public street in St. Joseph, Missouri at a crosswalk where defendant Land Construction Company had partially resurfaced the street under contract with said city. The verdict and judgment were in plaintiff's favor in the sum of $4,500. Defendants have appealed.

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