Jones v. Shelby County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court.— Hon. W. H. Green, J udge. Action to recover damages for injuries received by reason of a defective bridge, which the board of supervisors of defendant county had negligently failed to keep in repair. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the sum of $4,000. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
1. Improper question. Error is assigned as to the overruling of an objection to a question asked of plaintiff as a witness with reference to the value of his time, for the purpose of proving how. much damage he was entitled to recover for loss of time occasioned by the injury. *553Possibly the question was not just such an one as should have been asked, but there could have been no possible prejudice from the ruling, as the answer contained a proper statement with reference to the point in issue.
2. direction op verdict. Complaint is made of the overruling of a motion to direct a verdict for the…
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