Ryan v. Foster
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk DistHct Court.— Hon. A. H. Mc-Vey, Judge. Action at law to recover damages due, as is alleged, to the negligence of the defendant, his agents and employés. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant- appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The negligence charged is that defendant was the owner of certain property at the comer of Center and Eighth streets in the city of Des Moines; that “there were no buildings on the said lot, but the same was occupied by a high billboard built in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction diagonally across the said lot; that on or about the 5th-day of February, 1902, the defendant caused the said billboard to be tom down preparatory to the erection of a building on the lot; that in tearing the said billboard down the employes of this defendant piled the lumber taken from the said billboard on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Barce v. City of ShenandoahSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
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