Humphrey v. City of Muscatine

On June 22, 1930, at about 4:30 in the afternoon, Ruth Humphrey, the plaintiff-appellee, was injured in Muscatine (the defendant-appellant) when she stepped from an automobile and walked across the parking along Second street, where she tripped over a stop box or pipe adjacent to the cement sidewalk, and fell. When falling, the appellee received severe injuries. To recover damages from the appellant for those injuries, the appellee commenced the present action at law. A jury returned a verdict in her favor, and assessed damages against the appellant in the sum of $725. Thereupon the district…