Woodard v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Lawrence DeGraff, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Plaintiff’s theory of the case is that South Park, lying immediately west of South Ninth Street, at its intersection with Gray' Street in the city of Des Moines, is a public park, owned and cared for by the city and opened, to public use; that the park lies considerably below the level of Ninth Street, and is reached by the public from that side by a platform and a flight of steps leading down from said street and within the park area; and that they have, in fact, been in use by the public for many years, more especially as a means of access to a line of street railway, which *1104crosses the…
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