Edwards v. City of Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — 'Hon. B. H. Miller, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff on a sidewalk upon a bridge in defendant city. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemed, J.
i. municipal defective sidewalks: evidence. The negligence charged in the petition' is as follows: “ That during the month of September, 1905, and for a long time previous thereto, said defendant city had negligently allowed to exist a dangerous place in said sidewalk; said dangerous place x ' A being about the middle of said bridge, and consisting of a loosened plank in the said walk, which said planlc had become loosened at one end and raised above the level of the said sidewalk, and the said city negligently permitting the said loosened plank to remain in that condition and out of repair.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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