CITY OF RULEVILLE v. GRITTMAN

No. 43179.

250 Miss. 842 (1964)

168 So.2d 527

CITY OF RULEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI v. GRITTMAN

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark, Townsend & Davis, Indianola, for appellant.

White & Corr, Batesville; Lyon & Crosthwait, Indianola, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

This personal injury case involves a fall by a pedestrian when she caught her foot in a heavy wire in the shape of a wicket embedded in the street during sewer installation and remaining after the street was open for public use. We hold the jury was justified in finding the municipality negligent.

The appellant, City of Ruleville, herein called City, let a contract to an independent contractor for the...

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