Pardey v. Town of Mechanicsville
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Cedar District Court. — Hon. William G. Thompson, Judge.. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in not keeping one of its sidewalks in repair. The defendant answered, admitting its corporate capacity, and that it constructed said walk, and denying every other allegation in the petition. Verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff for $1,500. Both parties appeal.
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Appeal from, Cedar District Court. — Hon. William G. Thompson, Judge.. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in not keeping one of its sidewalks in repair. The defendant answered, admitting its corporate capacity, and that it constructed said walk, and denying every other allegation in the petition. Verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff for $1,500. Both parties appeal. The defendant having first presented its appeal in this court, it is designated as the appell ant.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
*701 2 *69I. We first consider the plaintiff’s appeal, Avhich rests upon the following facts: May 8, 1897, the plaintiff filed her amended and substituted petition, setting forth her cause of action as having accrued on or about June 18, 1894; that within 90 days thereafter she served notice thereof on defendant’s mayor, specifying the place and circumstances of the injury, and on the twenty-first day of *70August, 1894, filed a petition setting forth said cause of action, and asking to recover thereon, and that the defendant appeared and answered said petition, and the case proceeded to trial; that at…
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