Williams v. City of Parsons

Citations

• 87 Kan. 649
• 125 P. 60
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 209

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Negligence — Personal Injuries — Contributory Negligence. A telephone guy wire had long been maintained near the curb line of a city street over or quite close to a pathway on the side of an intersecting street. A woman crossed the first-named street at this point and, stepping upon the curb, encountered the wire and was thrown down and injured. The accident occurred in the evening. Although the woman, had passed near the place.often she had not noticed the wire. It is held that the evidence was sufficient to warrant the submission of the questions of negligence and contributory negligence to the jury. .</p>