McFarland v. City of Muscatine

I. Plaintiff claims, that on the evening of November 16, 1898, and while she, in the exercise of due care, was walking upon a sidewalk in the defendant city, she stepped into a hole-in said walk, was thrown down, bruised, and “her spine so badly injured as to render her almost entirely helpless, and, she believes, will incapacitate her from performing any manual labor for her whole life.” The petition contains other necessary allegations as to notice to the city of the defective condition of the walk. The defendant answered, denying that plaintiff had sustained the injury as alleged, and…