Bixby v. City of Sioux City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Gottrl. — J. W. Anderson, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. After trial to a jury and verdict for plaintiff, the court sustained the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict, and entered judgment for the defendant, notwithstanding the finding of the jury.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
1. Limitation of actions: defective streets: fatal injuries. South Division Street, in West Morning-side Addition to Sioux City, extends north and south. Its northern terminus is another street, extending east and west along the brow of a precipitous hill. At the time of the accident complained of, a fence or barrier of some sort had been erected on the brow of the hill, at the place where South Division Street turns upon the east and west street. On the night of September 24, 1914, the deceased, Elwood R. Bixby, áccompanied by others, was driving an automobile’ north on South Division…
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