Legal Opinion

Blair v. Madison County

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 24, 1890PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Madison County District Court. — Hon. J. H. Henderson, Judge. ACTION to recover for personal injuries to plaintiff from a fall' from his liorse, caused by a defect in the floor of a county bridge, over which plaintiff was at the time riding. There was a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

I. Plaintiff, a young man, then twenty-two years of age, while riding over a county bridge, was thrown from his horse by reason of the animal stepping through a hole in the floor of the bridge. This action is brought to recover the damages he sustained from the injuries he thus received, which he claims were severe and permanent. The facts of the case will be stated so far as is necessary for a correct understanding of the questions involved, and the ground of the decision thereon in connection with the discussion of these questions.

1. Personal injury : Car-lisle life tables as evidence. II.…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. Keyes v. City of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  2. State v. BlydenburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  3. Agans v. General Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1951
  4. Shearer v. Town of BuckleyWashington Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Stomne v. Hanford Produce Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899

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