MURPHY v. CITY OF CARLSBAD

No. 6527.

348 P.2d 492 (1960)

66 N.M. 376

A. L. MURPHY and Mary Katherine Murphy, a minor, by her next friend, A. L. Murphy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CARLSBAD, New Mexico, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal, Neumann & Neal, Carlsbad, for appellants.

James L. Dow, Carlsbad, for appellee.


McGHEE, Chief Justice.

This was an action for damages for injuries suffered by Mary Katherine Murphy, a nine year old child, in a municipal park owned and operated by the appellee.

Damages were sought by the minor for pain and suffering, permanent impairment and disfigurement of the right hand and for other injuries, and by her father and next friend for recovery of medical and hospital expenses.

Appellee filed, with its answer to the complaint, a...

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