Clark v. City of Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Superior Court of Cedar Rapids.— Hon. James H. Bothrock, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to be permanent, claimed to have been received by-plaintiff by réason of an alleged fajl caused by a defective side-walk in the defendant city, and, in addition thereto, under assignment from plaintiff’s husband, the damages for loss of service resulting to him by reason of the same injury to plaintiff.
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Appeal from Superior Court of Cedar Rapids.— Hon. James H. Bothrock, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to be permanent, claimed to have been received by-plaintiff by réason of an alleged fajl caused by a defective side-walk in the defendant city, and, in addition thereto, under assignment from plaintiff’s husband, the damages for loss of service resulting to him by reason of the same injury to plaintiff. Verdict and judgment for $2,000 in plaintiff’s favor, from which defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
*3601. Defective sidewalks: notice: evi* *359I. Two witnesses for plaintiff were allowed to testify over defendant’s objection as to the condi*360sidewalk about the place where plaintiff was tion of the injured, and it is contended that this testimony was erroneously admitted, because it related to what was observed by the witnesses on the morning of the next day after plaintiff was injured. The allegation of negligence was that the plank sidewalk on which plaintiff was injured was out of repair, and in a defective and dangerous condition, and the stringers thereof rotten, and the boards loose and broken,…
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- Parkhill v. Town of BrightonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
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