Bliven v. City of Sioux City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis, Judge. Action to receover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis, Judge. Action to receover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals. Appellant contends that the gist of the appellee’s action is personal injury, resulting from a defective street, and the failure of appellant to properly maintain its streets; and that by the provisions of section 633 of McClain’s Code her action is barred. “The manifest object of the provision in the charter…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
A wooden structure ninety-two feet in length, and about twelve feet in height, made by nailing boards to ^upright pieces of timber, and known as a ‘ ‘bill-board,” fell upon the plaintiff while she was on a sidewalk in a street of the defendant, inflicting the injuries for which she seeks to recover! The bill-board was wholly in the ’ street between the sidewalk and the lots, about three feet from the latter* and half that distance from the former. There was evidence which tended to show that the bill-board was constructed several years before the accident; that it was not properly…
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- Jones v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Thomas v. Town of BrooklynSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Beazan v. Incorporated TownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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- City of Winona v. BotzetCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Wheeler v. City of Fort DodgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Hall Ex Rel. Estate of Hall v. Town of KeotaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
- Hall v. Incorporated TownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Parmenter v. City of MarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
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