Legal Opinion

Farrell v. City of Muscatine

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 28, 1892PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Muscatine District Coiwt. — Hon. C: M. Waterman, Judge. Action to recover damage's alleged to have heen done to the plaintiff’s property hy defendant filling up one of its streets. Trial to a jury, and, on motion of the defendant, the jury were instructed to return a verdict for the defendant, upon which judgment was entered against the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.

The case is submitted upon an abstract filed hy the plaintiff and upon printed arguments from both parties. There is nothing whatever in the abstract or arguments to show that any appeal was ever taken in this case. The abstract commences by setting out the petition, and concludes with an assignment of errors, immediately preceding which it shows that judgment was entered upon the verdict against the plaintiff, to which he excepted, and that “all of the foregoing exceptions are shown by the record in said cause, and also evidenced by a bill of exceptions filed April 18, 1890.” The ease is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Plummer v. People's Nat. Bank of IndependenceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bowman v. DaySupreme Court of Iowa · 1892

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