Hubbard v. Montgomery County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mills District Court. — Hon. A. B. T'hornell, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from defects in a county bridge negligently maintained by the defendant. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and from the judgment thereon defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
— There was evidence tending to show that on September 2, 1905, plaintiff, a rural mail carrier, driving from north to south across the McNeil bridge, in the defendant county, with a team of horses and a buggy, engaged in making his daily round, was thrown from his buggy and severely injured as the result of one of his horses stepping into a hole in the road at the south end of the bridge and becoming frightened so that the team got beyond plaintiff’s control.
*522approach: ' evidence. I. Appellant’s chief contention is that the defective condition in the roadway, if any, at the south end of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Moreland v. Mitchell CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
- Eginoire v. Union CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- Nims v. Boone CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Swanson ex rel. Langstrum v. FrenchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Deere, Wells & Co. v. BagleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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