Legal Opinion

Reynolds v. City of Keokuk

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 4, 1887PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Lee District Gourt. AotioN to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, caused by a defective sidewalk. Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.

i. personal injury: liegli-lince: infer-Instinct of tfdn.preserva" I. At the request of the plaintiff, the court gave the jury the following instruction: “The natural

instinct which leads all rational persons to avoid A Wjlll7 to persons, as far as possible, is an element of evidence proper for the consideration of the jury, with all the outstanding circumstances introduced as evidence on the question whether the plaintiff was or was not, at the time of her injury, exercising ordinary care and prudence.” The plaintiff was a witness in her own behalf, and, in two cases recently determined by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Greenleaf v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
  2. Dunlavy v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Bell v. Incorporated Town of ClarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
  2. Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
  3. Vance v. GroheSupreme Court of Iowa · 1937
  4. Winey v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
  5. Burk v. Walsh & OltroggeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902

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