Stafford v. City of Oskaloosa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska Circuit Court. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, on account of an obstruction in a street of the city, which caused plaintiff to be thrown from a sleigh in which he was riding. There was a verdict and judgment for plaint iff in the sum of $5,500. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. A sleigh in which plaintiff was riding with a friend, in the city of Oskaloosa, was turned over by a small mound in the street, which had been made by the street commissioner depositing the earth removed in cleaning the street crossing. Plaintiff suffered very severe injuries by the fall, from the fracture of a bone of the thigh, which will, probably, cause him to be a cripple for life. There is no dispute, or at least no conflict in the evidence as to plaintiff’s injuries, and as to the fact that the sleigh was turned over by reason of being driven upon the little mound of earth. The…
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