DORAN v. KANSAS CITY

No. 21511.

237 S.W.2d 907 (1951)

DORAN et al. v. KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri.

March 5, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Proctor, Henry Arthur, Preston H. Longino, John J. Cosgrove, Kansas City, for appellant.

Edgar Shook, E. P. Mitchell, Jr., Elmo B. Hunter, Sebree, Shook, Hardy & Hunter, Kansas City, for respondents.


DEW, Presiding Judge.

The respondents, plaintiffs below, brought this action in two counts to recover damages therein for the death of their two minor sons, respectively, by drowning. The verdict and judgment in each count were in favor of the plaintiffs in the sum of $3,500. Defendant has appealed.

The substance of each count of the petition is that Brush Creek, a drainage ditch, runs from west to east across a thickly populated portion of Kansas City, Missouri...

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