Rothrock v. City of Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court.— Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. . Action by tbe administrator to recover damages for injuries alleged to bave been received by intestate by reason of a defective alley crossing in the sidewalk of defendant city, which injuries resulted in death. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, on motion, a verdict was directed for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
At the time of receiving the injury for which recovery is sought in this action, deceased resided with her daughter, and, after three hours’ absence, returned to her daughter’s home in a dazed condition, suffering from a fracture of the back part of the skull, from which injury she died within a few hours. In a deposition offered in behalf of plaintiff, a witness narrated a statement as to her injuries which was made by deceased immediately after entering her daughter’s house with snow clinging to her garments, a package of candy crushed in her right hand, and suffering from the injury of…
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