Balcom v. City of Independence
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — F. 0.-Platt, Judge. Action to recover for personal injury of plaintiff, charged to be due to negligence of defendant. A verdict was directed against plaintiff on the ground that the defendant was not negligent, and that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
I. Main Street in the defendant city is a paved street 80 feet wide, and runs east and' west. Fourth *687Avenue crosses it. On the day of the accident, the city began a ditch at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Main Street, running south from the south line of that street on Fourth Avenue for something like a block. It was some 7 feet deep, and of sufficient width to enable defendant to extend its water mains. Plaintiff is blind, and walked by the aid of tapping in front of himself with his cane. As he was walking along the south line of Main Street, and when he reached the point where the…
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