Ross v. City of Davenport
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott Circuit Court. Action to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of a defective cross-walk constructed and maintained by the appellant. Trial by jury, judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
Tlie plaintiff, about five o’clock in the morning, in November, 1883, was walking along Le Clare street, and, at its intersection with Fifth street, walked upon and along a cross-walk which the city had constructed across *549Fifth street, and at the south end of the cross-walk he stepped off and fell into a gutter, and was thereby injured. It is conceded that the city was negligent in not providing a barrier at the south end of the cross-walk.
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