CITY OF TAMPA v. NORRIS

No. 42.

101 So.2d 30 (1958)

CITY OF TAMPA, a municipal corporation under the laws of Florida, Appellant, v. Wilton NORRIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

March 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil C. McMullen, Ralph A. Marsicano and William R. McCown, Tampa, for appellant.

John R. Parkhill and McEwen & Cason, Tampa, for appellee.


SHANNON, Judge.

This appeal arises from a negligence action in which Wilton Norris, the appellee, recovered a judgment against the City of Tampa, the appellant, in the sum of $5,000. In addition to a general denial of the negligence alleged, the defendant set up the affirmative defenses of contributory negligence, assumption of the risk, and fellow servant.

The plaintiff, in his complaint, charged that an employee of the defendant "* * carelessly and negligently...

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