Reed v. City of Muscatine
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon. A. J. House, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while driving along one of the streets of the defendant city, — due, as is alleged, to a defect therein for which defendant is responsible. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*1841 *183There is but one question in the case which is of sufficient importance to be noticed in an *184opinion. The petition was filed on the twenty-second day of March, 1895; and it is alleged that the injury occurred on the twenty-fourth day of August, 1894, — more than six months prior to the filing of the petition. There is no allegation that plaintiff gave the defendant notice of the happening of the accident, as required by section 1, chapter 25, Acts Twenty-second General Assembly. Defendant did not demur to the petition, nor did it raise the question of want of notice, in any manner, in the…
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