Marshall v. City of Belle Plaine
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Benton District Court. — IIon. G. W. Burnham, Judge. Action,at law to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. After the plaintiff had submitted his evidence, the district-court sustained a motion to direct a verdict for the defendant, a verdict was directed and returned accordingly, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant for costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKobinson, J.
The defendant is a city of the second class. On the fourteenth, day of January, 1895, at about 9 o’clock in the evening, the plaintiff fell in a street of the defendant, and received injuries which prevented him from following his vocation, that of a barber, for several weeks. The accident occurred on an apron which led from a sidewalk to a street crossing in a part of the city which was devoted to business and much frequented. The apron was four feet in width, and seven feet three inches in length, with a fall of fourteen inches. It was made of four boards, each of which was twelve inches…
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