Yeager v. Incorporated Town
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dickinson District Court. — Hon. W. B.. Quarton, Judge. Action at law to- recover damages for personal injuries; sustained by plaintiff while passing along .and over a sidewalk in the defendant town. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
While passing along and over one of the-sidewalks in defendant town, plaintiff, an old lady, 69 years-of age, tripped and fell thereon, and, because of her fall, claims that she was severely and permanently injured. It is charged that the sidewalk was old and rotten, that the boards and timbers of which it was constructed were weak *595and insufficient to sustain the weight of persons passing along and over the same, and that defendant was negligent in not repairing it. All these matters are denied in the answer, and on the issues thus joined the case was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Davenport v. . RuckmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Langhammer v. City of ManchesterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Sylvester v. Incorporated Town of CaseySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- Bailey v. City of CentervilleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Stewart v. City of RiponWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
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- Plank v. SummersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Ingebretsen v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- Clark v. Berry Seed Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1938
- State v. LeahySupreme Court of Iowa · 1952
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