Walker v. Decatur County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clarice 'District Court. Action to recover damages because of au injury received by the plaintiff, caused by a defective county bridge. Trial by jury, and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
I. The plaintiff was injured by stepping into a hole in the bridge, which was out of repair, and the plaintiff so knew prior to the day- when he attempted to cross it. The bridge had been so out of repair for some time. On the morning of the day of the accident, the plaintiff, with others, undertook to drive some hogs to Leon, the county seat, over the bridge, and the plaintiff was in advance of the hogs scattering straw over it at the time of the accident’.
*3081. county : bridge out of repair: injury to traveler: evidence of other safe route. *307The defendant offered to prove on the trial “that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Parkhill v. Town of BrightonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Rice v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
- Whitford v. Inhabitants of SouthbridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
3Cited by19 opinions
- Kendall v. City of AlbiaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Sylvester v. Incorporated Town of CaseySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- Barnes v. Town of MarcusSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Beach v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Nichols v. Incorporated Town of LaurensSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
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