McCartney v. City of Washington
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Oourt.— Hon. W. G. Clements, Judge. Judgment against defendant for damages. It appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Personal injury: service o notice. 'In the evening of July 1, 1900, the plaintiff, in passing along one of the streets of defendant city, tripped on a plank in the sidewalk, and was seriously and permanently injured. An action for such an injury must be brought “ within three months, unless written notice specifying the time, place and circumstances of the injury shall have been served upon the county or municipal corporation to be charged within sixty days of the happening of the injury,” and, when so served, within two years. Section 3447, Code. Notices such as here contemplated were…
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