Legal Opinion

Kelleher v. City of Keokuk

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 22, 1883PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Lee Oireuit Gourt. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a fall upon the sidewalk of the city, caused by its defective condition. ' There was a judgment upon a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

I. The objections to the judgment, raised by the assignment of errors and urged in argument, relate to rulings of the Circuit Court in admitting and excluding evidence, and in giving certain instructions to the jury. We will consider these objections in the order of their presentation in the assignment of errors.

1. evidence sfdewaik :oi uot expert. II. An affidavit filed in support of a motion for a continuance made by defendant, on account of the absence of a wit- : ness? alleged that defendant expiected to prove by witness that the sidewalk upon which plaint-was a£ £pe ^jme a good repair.”…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jenks v. Knott's Mexican Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  2. Cadwallader & Co. v. BlairSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Langhammer v. City of ManchesterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  2. Jacobs v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  3. Porter v. MolesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
  4. Jerolman v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  5. Dempsey v. City of DubuqueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911

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