Ferguson v. Davis County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Appanoose Circuit Court. Action to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of an insufficient and defective county bridge, from which it was alleged he was precipitated. The allegations in the petition were denied, and there' was a jury trial, verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
— This action was commenced in the District ■Court of Davis county, and at the February Term, 1876, an .answer was filed and the cause continued to the September Term, and again continued to the February Term, 1877. During this last term the plaintiff made an affidavit and motion for a change in the place of trial, based on two grounds: First, the county in which the action is pending is the defendant ; and, second, “the inhabitants of the county are so preju*221diced against plaintiff that he cannot obtain a fair trial of said cause in said county.”
To this motion the defendant filed written…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Starr v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Jones v. Chicago & Northwestern R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1872
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- Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1843
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