Etzkorn v. City of Oelwein
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Superior Court of Oelwein. — Hon. M. D. Pobteb, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff while passing over and along a sidewalk in the defendant' city. There was a trial to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $6,000, and defendant appeals.-
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
In the city of Oelwein there is a public street known as Jefferson running east and west, upon the north side of which there was a board sidewalk extending from what was known as the St. Mary’s Episcopal Church lot westward about- one hundred feet to where it crossed the railway right of way in said town. It is claimed in the petition that defendant for a long time prior to April 15, 1907, suffered and permitted this sidewalk, especially at a point about five or six feet west of the southeast corner of lot 1, block 1, in said city, being at a place about thirteen feet from the southeast…
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