McDivitt v. Des Moines City Railway Co.

Evans, J. —

The accident in question occurred on July 15, 1905, on Ingersoll Avenue, in Des Moines. Ingersoll Avenue runs east and west at the point of the accident. The defendant owns the fee of the right of way on which-it operates its street car line. On each side of this right of way is laid out a public street, forty feet in width. These two streets and defendant’s right of way between constitute Ingersoll Avenue, for all practical purposes. A narrow ’ street, known as “Orescent Drive,” intersects • this *691avenue practically at right angles. Near the west, line of Crescent Drive and on the…