DeCamp v. Sioux City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Tjiis is an action to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by tlie plaintiff: by reason of an alleged defect in one of the streets of Sioux City. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRotiirock, J.
There is but little controversy as to the material facts in the case. The plaintiff is an expressman. He used an express wagon and one horse in carrying on his business. On the nineteenth of September, 1885, he was driving along Fourth street, in said city, his horse going in a walk. He was met in the street by a butcher’s wagon, in which there were two *393men. The wagons collided, by reason of which the plaintiff was violently thrown ont upon the ground, his wagon upset, his wagon-bed fell on top of him, his horse ran away, and there was a general smash-up of his wagon. The injury to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Knapp v. Sioux City & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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