AUGUSTINE v. CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS

No. 83-227.

662 S.W.2d 813 (1984)

281 Ark. 162

Dorris V. AUGUSTINE and Dennis Augustine, Appellants, v. CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skillman & Durrett by V.E. Skillman, Jr., West Memphis, for appellants.

Robert Smith, West Memphis, and David White, North Little Rock, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellants, a married couple, brought this tort action against the City of West Memphis and its Public Utility Commission to recover for personal injuries suffered by Mrs. Augustine when she was struck by a falling limb that had been cut by an employee of the City or of the Commission. The trial judge sustained the defendants' motion to dismiss, which asserted the city's immunity from tort liability. The appeal comes to us under Rule...

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