Bender v. Incorporated Town of Minden
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court.— Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff in falling through a hole in one of the sidewalks in defendant town. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
The defendant is a town of four or five hundred inhabitants in Pottawattamie county. The two principal streets therein are Broadway, running north and south, and Second, running east and west. At the time of the accident in question there was a board walk, some ten or twelve feet in width, running east and west on the north side of Second street, along the south side of block eight in said town. What was known as “ Hesley’s Saloon ” was one door from the west side of the block, and between this saloon and Broadway street, to the west, was á general store, at which plaintiff traded. The post…
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