Sollenbarger v. Incorporated Town
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wayne District Court. — IíoN. H. M. Towner, Judge. ActioN for damages resulted in a judgment. Thereafter plaintiff died, and the administrator of her estate was substituted as party plaintiff. The defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J. —
Viola Herron resided on the south side of West Third Street in the defendant town, and in the first house east of Jones Street. She had put in a garden on a lot on the north side of the street, and at two or three o’clock in the afternoon of June 8, 1906, started with an armful of pea sticks from her back yard to go across to the garden. Upon reaching the walk on 'the south side of the street she stepped on it, a loose board flew up, tripping her, and she fell. To her claim for damages the defendant interposes but two objections on this appeal: (1) That the action is barred by the…
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