Cooper v. Mills County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottawattamie Oireuit Oourt. This action was brought by Elizabeth Cooper to recover for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by her by reason of the negligence of the defendant in the erection and maintenance of a county bridge. There was a trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment were rendered in her favor for $25,000. The defendant appealed. The plaintiff died, and the present plaintiff, W. R. Cooper, was substituted as administrator of her estate.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Cii. J.
On the fourth day of July, 1882, the plaintiff’s intestate, Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, attempted to cross the bridge in question in a wagon drawn by two horses, and in which wagon, besides herself, were one Lowe, acting as driver, and five children, from tivo to thirteen or fourteen years of age. While thus attempting to cross the bridge it fell, and the plaintiff’s intestate received severe and permanent injuries. The wagon was' an ordinary two-horse lumber wagon. Another wagon, with four adults in it, and six children, had crossed in safety a moment before. The plaintiff contends…
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