Brown v. Incorporated Town of Chillicothe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. C. W. Ver-ümillion, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received by reason of a fall on a sidewalk. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
Error is assigned on tbe overruling of a motion to require plaintiff to make his petition more specific *641as to tbe nature and character of the hole or defect in the 1. pleadings: motion to make specific, sidewalk of which he complains, as to the alie- » i -i .. . . gationthat, while he was in the exercise of ordinary care, “his attention was diverted and temporarily distracted from the sidewalk along which he was walking,” and that he received permanent injuries.- We do not see that there was any occasion to require plaintiff to describe with any greater particularity the nature of the hole…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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