Beyer v. City of Dubuque

On December 26, 1961, at two p.m., plaintiff was injured as the result of a fall on an ice covered public sidewalk just north of Fifth Street and on the east side of Locust Street in Dubuque.

A building owned by defendant Marion J. Ryder, and located at the northeast corner of these streets, abutted the sidewalk. From the street intersection to about the center of the Ryder building the sidewalk was clear, but from that point on to the next property line it was covered with slippery packed ice and snow.

At time of plaintiff’s fall there was no abrasive material or salt on this ice nor had it…