Ruggles v. Town of Nevada
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story Cwcuit Oowt. The plaintiff, while walking on one of the sidewalks of the town of Nevada, claims to have received an injury because of a defect in the sidewalk. To recover damages for such injury this action was brought. There was a trial by jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The sidewalk consisted of stringers laid on the ground lengthwise, and planks nailed across the same. The street runs east and west, and the walk runs alongside of a building occupied for business purposes by one Alderman. The plaintiff and David Child were passing along the walk, when one Bell attempted to pass ahead of them. In doing so, he stepped on a loose plank, which caused it to tip, and the plaintiff’s foot caught against the raised end of the plank, and she was thereby injured.
While the plank was loose and liable to tip under the circumstances above stated, yet its condition in this…
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