Finnane v. City of Perry
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court. — Hon. Lorin N. Hays, Judge. Action at law to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff while passing along and over a sidewalk in defendant city, which was covered with ice and snow. In addition to a general denial, defendant pleaded that the action was not brought in time, and that plaintiff gave no preliminary notice, as by statute provided.
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Appeal from Dallas District Court. — Hon. Lorin N. Hays, Judge. Action at law to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff while passing along and over a sidewalk in defendant city, which was covered with ice and snow. In addition to a general denial, defendant pleaded that the action was not brought in time, and that plaintiff gave no preliminary notice, as by statute provided. On these issues the ease was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $250, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The accident occurred upon one of the public and much frequented, residential streets in the defendant city on the 13th day of February, 1912, and an original notice of the suit was served on May 13, 1912. The original petition was filed on May 14, 1912, and the grounds of negligence pleaded therein were as follows:
*173That the defendant permitted said sidewalk to be constructed with the surface thereof sloping so that the same was made slippery by melting snow and ice. That, during the several weeks immediately prior to the injury herein alleged, large quantities of snow and sleet had fallen and…
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