Nicholson v. City of Des Moines

60 N.W.2d 240 (1953)

NICHOLSON

v.

CITY OF DES MOINES.

No. 48317.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 22, 1953.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1953.

Dickinson, Throckmorton, Keir, Parker & Mannheimer, Des Moines, for appellant.

John A. Blanchard, Harris M. Coggeshall and Frank D. Bianco, Des Moines, for appellee.

OLIVER, Justice.

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…