Cratty v. City of Oskaloosa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal ftom Mahaska District Court. — Charles A. Dewey, Judge. Aotion against tbe defendant city for damages on account of injuries claimed to have resulted from a fall upon a defective sidewalk. The court instructed the jury to return a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff appeals from a judgment against him for costs. —
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
I. Between 6 and 7 o’clock in the evening of December 15, 1916, while the plaintiff was returning to his home from a grocery store, a short distance from his residence, to which he had gone to purchase some supplies for the household, he fell upon the sidewalk and into an adjacent excavation, suffering severe injuries. The description of the walk at the place of the accident, as set out in the abstract, is not very clear or satisfactory. It appears, however, therefrom that the walk was located on the west side of D Street, which extends north and south; that it was constructed of concrete…
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