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CITY OF WICHITA FALLS v. RAMOS

No. 18200.

596 S.W.2d 654 (1980)

CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, Appellant, v. Rufus RAMOS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. P. Hodge, Jr., City Atty., Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Schueller & Mason, and T. W. Schueller, Charles J. Mason, Jr., and Barry L. Macha, Wichita Falls, for appellee.

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

A city appeals a judgment against it for damages sustained by one of its citizens who stepped into an uncovered water meter box located within the right-of-way for a city street. The principal question on appeal is whether under the facts of this case, the city owed the injured citizen the duty to inspect the water meter to make sure it was covered.

We affirm.

Rufus Ramos is a resident of the City of Wichita Falls...

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