De Wall v. City of Sioux
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Gowrt. — J. M. Anderson, Judge. Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor; of plaintiff for $400 damages which, she claims to have suffered because of the icy condition of an alley crossing in defendant city.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
1. Municipal CORPORATIONS : torts: defects in streets: snow and ice: knowledge of danger. I. The injury complained of was received upon one of the principal business streets of defendant city, and it is alleged that it was caused by the city’s negligently permitting accumulations of snow and ice to remain upon an alley crossing after the surface thereof had become rough, rigid, slippery and uneven. Plaintiff testified that she had frequently, previous to the injury in question, passed over the place of the accident, and knew of the presence of snow and ice upon the crossing and that same had,…
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- Rose v. City of Fort DodgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
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