Patton v. Incorporated Town of Sanborn
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from O’Brien District Court.— TIon. F. R. Gaynor-, Judge. Suit to recover damages for personal injuries caused by a defective sidewalk. Trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,500. The defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Si-ierwin, J.—
Thirty-six separate assignments of error are made in the appellant’s argument, but eliminating therefrom unnecessary repetitions reduces the number very considerably, and in discussing the case, we shall only give attention to the errors which have been argued by the appellant. The petition alleges as the ground upon which a recovery is based that the defendant permitted the walk on which the plaintiff was injured to remain in a dangerous and unsafe condition for a long timethat the walk had been built many years before the injury was received, and that its unsafe and dangerous…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Keyes v. City of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- McConnell v. City of OsageSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Parkhill v. Town of BrightonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Ferguson v. Davis CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
- Allen v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
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- Griffin-Middleton v. City of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- Langdon v. AhrendsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- Cubbage v. Estate of Conrad Youngerman, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1912
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