Bailey v. City of LeMars
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal jrom Plymouth District Court. — William Hutchinson, Judge. Action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by a defective sidewalk. Trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1. Plaintiff claims to have caught the heel of her shoe on the jagged and overhanging edge of a defect in á cement sidewalk, as she was walking south, after dark. Iler evidence tends to show that she ivas violently thrown forward to the pavement, which caused a miscarriage, and injuries to her limb, arm, side, pelvis, and the reproductive organs. In addition to the general verdict,, the jury returned answers to interrogatories, which we understand to have been submitted by the defendant, as follows:
“1. Was the city negligent because of the existence of the break in the sidewalk involved in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bever v. SpanglerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Overhouser v. American Cereal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Johnson v. City of AmesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Geer v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
- Stanley v. Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903
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