Miller v. Boone County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Hamilton District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver,, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained) by reason of a defective approach to a county bridge. There was a trial by jury. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1 I. On the evening Of December 8, 1888, the plaintiff, her son, aged about nineteen years, her daughter, aged thirteen years, and a young lady, left the city of Boone, to go to their home in the country. They were traveling in a buggy drawn by one horse, and as they approached ai county bridge they met a team and wagon, near the bridge, and the horse which was driven by the plaintiff’s son backed upon the elevated roadway or approach to the bridge so that the buggy, horse, and the plaintiff were precipitated down a steep bank, a distance of ten or twelve feet, and she. received the injuries…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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