Kendall v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines Municipal Court. — Joseph E. Meyer, Judge. Action for damages on account of tlie alleged negligence of the defendant city in failing to provide proper harriers and to place warning lights at a ditch in one of its streets. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
This is an action for damages to an automobile, which plaintiff alleges in her petition resulted on account of a dangerous excavation in one of the streets of defendant city, while said automobile was being driven by an employee of the Kendall Auto Taxicab Service Compauy, to whom it was leased. The excavation complained of was about 20 inches in width and 3 feet in depth, and extended entirely across East Fourteenth Street, on the south side of its intersection with Hull Avenue. A barricade, consisting of 2-inch planks laid on top of a series of tiling stood on end, was placed about 3 feet…
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