Rockafellow v. Rockwell City

REES, Justice.

Defendant Iowa Public Service Company appeals from judgment entered in a law action, tried to the court without a jury, in favor of plaintiff who assertedly sustained injuries in a fall due to a claimed accumulation of ice on a flight of steps admittedly a part of the public sidewalk. Plaintiff instituted her action against Rockwell City, a municipal corporation, and the defendant-appellant Iowa Public Service Company. A motion for directed verdict dictated into the record at close of plaintiff’s case and renewed at the close of all the evidence by defendant Rockwell City was…