Johnson v. City of Denison
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Crawford District Court. — E. G. Albert, Judge. Action to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the falling of the plaintiff’s bull into an open ditch, left by the defendants on its streets, unguarded. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
¡This action was brought to recover the value of a bull, that came to its death through falling into a sewer ditch in the process of construction in the city of Denison.
On the 14th day of December, 1914, the plaintiff was driving the bull, with certain females of his kind, from a point-somewhere east of Denison to a point in Denison, to be delivered at the Northwestern Railroad Stockyards, located in the southwestern portion of the city. The plaintiff started with these cattle early in the morning, from his home three or four miles east of Denison, and entered the streets of Denison somewhere…
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- Winter v. Central Iowa Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Cawker City State Bank v. JenningsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Whalen v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1888
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