Lamb v. City of Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Xinn District Court. — Hon. William G. Thompson, Judge. ActioN at law to recover on account of personal injuries .alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the •defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
RobiNsoN, O. J.
In March, 1895, the plaintiff, while ■assisting in the loading of a piano onto' a dray in a street of the defendant, fell upon the stump of a small tree, and ■received severe injuries. He alleges that the accident occurred at a place where there was business property on each •side of the street, and that it was the duty of the defendant to keep the street at that point in a safe condition for the ■transaction of business, and free from dangerous defects and ■obstructions of every character which might interfere with the use of the street; that the stump-ref erred to'…
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