Saunders v. City of Fort Madison
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk Superior Court. — Hon. Rige H. Bell, Judge. Action at law for damages due, as is alleged, to defendant’s negligence in operating or caring for its fire apparatus. A demurer to the petition was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The petition alleges, in substance, that while plaintiff was driving along and over one of the streets in defendant'city, and when opposite a fire station, its agents and servants, while in the line of' their employment, and handling The fire apparatus of the city, negligently, carelessly, and wantonly caused the bell attached to said ap*103paratus to be rung, thus frightening the horse that plaintiff was driving, causing .him to run away and throw plaintiff from the vehicje in which she was riding, resulting in serious injury to her person; that these agents and servants, after noticing that…
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