Riley v. Town of Iowa Falls
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. J. L. Stevens, Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries incurred from a fall caused by a defective sidewalk. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. ‘The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
The objections to the judgment will be considered in the order of their discussion in the printed argument of the defendant's counsel.
*762I. It is insisted that the evidence does not sufficiently establish the existence of a defect in the sidewalk, which is the ground of the plaintiff’s claim, and that the defendant was chargeable with notice of such defect. The sufficiency of the evidence is discussed in two or three divisions of the-argument. In our opinion, counsel’s position, which is argued at considerable length, is not sustained by the abstract. It is clearly shown-that the sidewalk, which…
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