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CITY OF BEAUMONT v. HENDERSON

No. 6410.

349 S.W.2d 301 (1961)

CITY OF BEAUMONT, Appellant, v. Velma HENDERSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King, Sharfstein & Rienstra, George E. Murphy, City Atty., Beaumont, for appellant.

Alto V. Watson, Beaumont, for appellee.

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

Velma Henderson, a feme sole, recovered judgment of $16,740 against the City of Beaumont by reason of personal injuries she received as a result of a fall when she stepped into a hole in a public sidewalk in Beaumont, Texas. Trial was to a jury which found, in substance, in answer to (Issue No. 4) that the defect in the sidewalk where plaintiff fell was not trivial; (Issue No. 5) that the defect had existed for sufficient length of time prior to...

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