Hughes v. County of Muscatine
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Oowrt. This action was brought by Catharine M. Merry to recover damages on account of personal injuries sustained by her, and. for loss by injuries to her horse and buggy from the falling of a bridge erected by the county of Muscatine, and constituting a part of a highway, while she was attempting to cross such bridge. There was a verdict for defendant.
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Appeal from Muscatine District Oowrt. This action was brought by Catharine M. Merry to recover damages on account of personal injuries sustained by her, and. for loss by injuries to her horse and buggy from the falling of a bridge erected by the county of Muscatine, and constituting a part of a highway, while she was attempting to cross such bridge. There was a verdict for defendant. Pending a motion for a new trial, plaintiff died, and the administratrix of her estate was substituted as plaintiff. The motion was overruled and judgment was entered upon the verdict. The administra trix appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. There was evidence submitted to the jury tending to show that the bridge was old and insecure; that it was about 185 feet long, crossing a creek near the point at which it flowed into the Mississippi river; that repairs had *673been, but a few months prior to the accident, made upon the bridge, an entire span having been replaced; that the structure rested on “bents,” which were supported by neither stone work nor piles, and that but one span, an old one, fell at the time of the accident; that the fall was caused, immediately, by the “stringers” being drawn off, at one end, from the bent; that…
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- Hanlon v. City of KeokukSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
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