Marsh v. Benton County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar District Court. — Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge Action at law. Trial by jury. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff for eight hundred and seventy-two dollars. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, C. J.
— The plaintiff’s wife was passing along a highway in a buggy drawn by one horse. She was driving, and, in attempting to pass over a county bridge, she, as is claimed, was precipitated down an embankment constituting an approach to the bridge, because no railing or barrier had been erected along the embankment. The accident occurred in May, 1882. In September thereafter the claim of the plaintiff for five hundred dollars was presented to the board of supervisors, and payment thereof was refused. In November thereafter this action was commenced and a judgment for five hundred dollars was…
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