Haskell v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court. — Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge. Action to recover for injuries sustained by a fall caused by the defective and unsafe condition of the sidewalk of a street in the defendant city, upon which plaintiff was walking. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The objections pointed out in the assignment of errors and argued by defendant’s counsel are wholly based upon the alleged insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and certain. rulings made in the admission of evidence.
*111. "1. Appeal • evidenee to sup-I. It may be that the evidence' does not, to the mind of all the members of this court, seem to fully justify the verdict, or that, if we were " ** 77 charged with the duty of finding a verdict,. it would be the other way; but we are charged with no such duty, and can only inquire whether the jury, in the honest, intelligent and…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Smith v. City of YanktonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
- Shumway v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Roe v. McCaughanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901