Perry v. City of Cedar Falls
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blade Haiole District Court. — Hon. John J. Ney, Judge. Action to recover damages because of a personal injury, received by the plaintiff by driving a team and wagonette off an embankment in a street or road in the city of Cedar Palls. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtBothrock, J.
The plaintiff was an employee and driver for the proprietor of a livery stable at the city of Waterloo. On the evening of August 12, 1890, he was sent by his employer to the city of Cedar Palls, some miles distant, with a two-horse vehicle, in which there were several passengers. The service embraced a round trip between the two cities. The trip was made to Cedar Palls in safety. On the return, in the night, the team left the traveled road, and went over an embankment, by which the vehicle was overturned, and the plaintiff was injured. The question presented to the jury was whether, under the…
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