Trapnell v. City of Red Oak Junction
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Montgomery District Court. —Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. 'Action for the recovery of damages for a personal injury sustained by plaintiff, as she alleges, in consequence of a defect in a sidewalk in one of the streets of the defendant city. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
1 RsoNAiin ¿fV¿straoe tion without — I. Plaintiff, when walking on the sidewalk in question, in the night-time, fell, and was *njIire^ some extent by the fall. The evidence tended to prove that the fall was occasioned by defects in the walk. On the evening of the accident, but thereafter, and on the next and following days, she complained of pains in her left breast, and she and members of her family applied liniment to relieve the pain. Some- months afterwards it was discovered that the breast was enlarged and hardened, and in the mean time it had continued to be painful. Competent surgeons…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cook v. City of AnamosaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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