Hubbard v. Town of Mason City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. This is an'action for a personal injury alleged to have been received by plaintiff by falling upon a defective sidewalk in Mason City. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict for the plaintiff for one dollar, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Rothrook, Ch. J.
It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff was in Mason City on the first day of December, 1880, from sometime in the forenoon until after dark. His business there appears to have been to give some attention to a prosecution which was pending before the district court against him for keeping a saloon at Rockwell, the place of his residence. He appears to have spent most of the day in the saloons of the city. After nightfall he left a saloon to go to the railroad depot to take a train for his home. He claims that on his way to the depot he fell and injured his ankle by…
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