House v. Cramer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court.— Hon. W. R. Green, Judge. Action for damages occasioned by the frightening of plaintiff’s team by the operation of defendant’s automobile resulted in a verdict and judgment against defendant, from which he appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
At the intersection of Erie and Second streets, in Missouri Valley, is a blacksmith’s shop facing south on Erie street and extending back on the east side of Second street sixty feet. The sidewalk in front of the shop is twelve feet wide, and out farther is a small platform. The sidewalk along Second street is six feet wide, and about two feet farther out is a row of hitching posts connected with a chain. In the afternoon of November, 9, 1904, the plaintiff’s wife hitched his team, one to a post and the other to the chain, west of the shop and back from Erie street, a distance variously…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hennessey v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Christy v. ElliottIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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- Indiana Springs Co. v. BrownIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
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