Casey v. Tama County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Benton District Court. — Hon. James D. G-ifeen, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by an alleged defective bridge on a public highway. After both parties had introduced their evidence, the district court sustained a motion to instruct the jury to return a verdict for defendant. A verdict was returned in accordance with this ruling, a motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment rendered against plaintiff for costs.
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Appeal from Benton District Court. — Hon. James D. G-ifeen, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by an alleged defective bridge on a public highway. After both parties had introduced their evidence, the district court sustained a motion to instruct the jury to return a verdict for defendant. A verdict was returned in accordance with this ruling, a motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment rendered against plaintiff for costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1. Bridges: what is county bridge: two bridges connected by grade: question for jury. — I. The first question raised for our consideration is the liability of a county for a structure of the length and character of that in controversy. The evidence tends to show that it was built by defendant in 1874 over * a)1 arm or bayou of Big creek. It rested on stone abutments, and was not less than thirty-six, nor more than forty, feet in length. Some twenty feet south of this, and in the same line of road, *657was the north end of a bridge-span over the main stream. This was fifty feet long, and also…
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