Ford v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polls District Court. — Hon. T. F. Stevenson, Judge. Action at law to recover for personal injuries sustained from a fall on a sidewalk, for which the defendant is alleged to have been responsible. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKobinson, J.
In the year 1895 an officer of the defendant constructed on Fifteenth street, from an alley to Center street, a temporary sidewalk. It was placed- in a trench cut for that purpose, was about forty feet in length and three feet in width, and was made by placing together planks lengthwise of the trench. The walk was sloping, the difference in height between the highest and lowest parts of the walk being about five feet; but cleats were not fastened on the walk, nor were there hand rails at the sides. While the walk was in that condition, the plaintiff attempted to pass down it, and in so doing…
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