Cox v. City of Des Moines

Plaintiff’s action is based upon the claimed negligence of the City of Des Moines in the maintenance of a sidewalk along a steep incline. The sidewalk in question is located in a city park and is adjacent to or leads up to the entrance of a shelter house. It was also asserted in the petition that the City was negligent in failing to place a guard rail along the sidewalk and adjacent to the slope; that the City failed to have a light placed near the sidewalk so that the conditions might have been observed; and that no warning sign was placed near the slope so that a pedestrian might be given…