Bahner v. City of Des Moines

The injuries, for which plaintiff demands damages from the defendant City, were received while plaintiff was riding as a passenger in the rear seat of an automobile which was being operated north on East 24th Street crossing Grand Avenue in the City of Des Moines, Iowa. Plaintiff’s petition asserts that the defendant City was negligent in that it “allowed to exist a short distance north of Grand Avenue on East 24th Street, a dangerous and defective place in the travelled portion of said highway, consisting of a large hole several inches in depth, and several feet in width, of such a nature…