Cook v. City of Anamosa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones Circuit Court. Action for damages on account of a personal injury sustained by plaintiff while traveling on one of the streets of the defendant city, and which was occasioned, as is alleged, by a defect in said street. There was a verdict and judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEeed, J.
Plaintiff, while walking on a sidewalk on one of defendant’s streets, was struck and severely injured by a loose plank, which was thrown up by the weight of a person who was walking with plaintiff, and who stepped on the part of the plank which was outside of the sill on which it rested. *428The evidence tended to show that the plank had been loose for as much as two weeks before the accident happened, and the fact that it was loose had been noticed by a number of residents of the city. Ordinarily it lay in its proper position in the walk, but on one occasion it was taken out of the walk and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rice v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
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