Beirness v. City of Missouri Valley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. O. D. Wheeler, Judge. Action to recover damages for injury resulting from a fall on an icy sidewalk. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWithrow, J.
The appellant received certain injuries as the result of a fall while passing along a sidewalk in the city of Missouri Valley. She brought action to recover damages, alleging that the city was negligent: (1) In permitting the construction and maintenance of the sidewalk at a grade which was steeper than the established grade of the street to which it was adjacent, which it is alleged was dangerous *722to the public using the same. (2) In constructing the walk in this climate with a smooth surface, and in permitting snow and ice to remain on the walk in violation of the city ordinance, in…
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- Billings v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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