Yordy v. Marshall County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. J. L.. Stevens, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for the breaking-down of a county bridge, by which a steam engine, a. threshing machine and a span of horses were injured. There was a trial by jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals..
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1. Municipal corporations: defective bridge: extraordinary use: negligence. I. This is the second appeal in this-case. See 80 Iowa, 405." The cause was reversed on the' former appeal, because the court ordered a verdict to be returned for the-defendant while the plaintiff was introducjpg his evidence, and before he had rested. *341his case, on the ground that it appeared from the plaintiff’s own testimony that there could be no recovery. It was claimed in that appeal that, in constructing and maintaining bridges, the county is not bound to anticipate that they will be used in the manner in which…
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