Nicholson v. City of Des Moines

— Plaintiff’s decedent, Winfred Vincent, aged seventy-two years, was a carpenter by occupation. The petition alleged he died from injuries caused by his falling into a pit at the northwest corner of the bridge spanning Four Mile Creek on Easton Boulevard between East Thirty-sixth Street and East *272Thirty-seventh Street, Des Moines; that immediately prior to falling into the pit, decedent was walking east on a cinder covered path maintained by the City along the north side of Easton Boulevard, which path led directly to a walk for pedestrians at the north side of the bridge; that his death was…