Wescott v. Des Moines City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Thomas J. Guthrie, J udge. Action for damages, resulting in a verdict for defendant and judgment thereon. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
In the morning of July 27, 1917, shortly before 11 o’clock, plaintiff undertook to alight from the defendant’s street car on University Avenue, in front of the “Home for the Aged.” Thinking that she could not reach the ground from the lower step, she took hold of the railing and swung around, and, as her foot struck some loose chips or broken brick, it slipped from under her, and she fell. The *1374evidence tended to show that these chips or loose pieces of brick had been left there by the defendant. The petition alleged that these rendered the place dangerous to those stepping from the car, and…
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