Lane v. District Township
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. This is an action at law to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, an infant, from having been struck by lightning while in the school-house of defendant in attendance upon the public school. The defendant appeals from an order overruling a demurrer to the petition.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. SCHOOL districts: damages: negligence. I. „ The plaintiff’s petition is in two counts. The first alleges negligence of defendant in permitting the lightroc*s uPon iFe school-house to become bro^eri an<^ 01lt rePair> thereby causing the lightnjng to the building and inflict injury upon plaintiff; the second count charges negligence of defendant in that it failed to provide protection from lightning for the school-house, by reason whereof the building was struck by lightning and the plaintiff was injured. The defendant demurred to both counts of the petition, on the ground that no action for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kincaid v. Hardin CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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