Padelford v. City of Eagle Grove
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while passing along and over a street in the defendant city. Trial to a jury, verdict a,nd judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J. —
1 The petition alleged that Montgomery street, on which plaintiff was injured, is one of the principal streets in defendant city; that during the month of August, 1899, and for a number of months continuously prior thereto, defendant negligently allowed a dangerous place to exist in the sidewalk on said street; “that at the place last aforesaid there existed on the second day of August, A. D. 1899, a deep space beneath the sidewalk, which was negligently left unfilled by the said defendant; that immediately over said space one of the boards or planks of said sidewalk was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- De Wulf v. DixSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
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