Legal Opinion
Goodin v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 9, 1880PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal from Polk Circuit Cov/rt. Action to recover damages alleged to have been received by the plaintiff, caused by the defective condition of a street in said city. Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Servers,- J.
— The cause of action stated in the petition is as follows:
“ That said defendant, about the month of August, 1875, directed and caused the excavation and digging down of Lyon street, East Des Moines, in Stewart’s addition, running east and west between Tenth and Eleventh streets — so as to leave a high embankment on the north side, just where a pathway led out from the sidewalk on said Lyon street' across an open piece of ground, to the church of the United Brethren society, which stands on the corner of Tenth and Williamson streets. That there was a good, safe sidewalk along the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Young v. HarveyIndiana Supreme Court · 1861
- Pusey v. Meade County CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1866
3Cited by14 opinions
- Griffin v. City of ChillicotheSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
- Earl v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Shuptrine v. HerronMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
- City of McCook v. ParsonsNebraska Supreme Court · 1906
- Mulvane v. City of South TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890
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