Hazzard v. City of Council Bluffs
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottawattamie District Court. — How. H. E, Deemeb, Judge. Action to recover damages sustained by plaintiff from injuries to Ms horse, caused by defendant’s negligence in constructing a culvert under a street of the city, which caused the deposit of impediments in the street. There was a verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. Plaintiff’s cause of action, as set out in his petition, is stated in the abstract in the following language: “Plaintiff in his petition alleges that, at the intersection of Pierce street and Park avenue, streets of defendant city, was situated a small culvert or bridge, forming the crossing of said streets; that said culvert was wholly inadequate in size and capacity to carry off the water from the north side of said avenue; that, by reason of such insufficiency and narrowness of the waterway, said culvert became fully stopped up with mud and rubbish, causing the drainage of the entire…
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