Alline v. City of Le Mars
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. As the plaintiff claims, she stepped into a hole in tbe tbe street near a sidewalk on which she was walking, whereby she was greatly injured. Trial by jury. Judgment for the defendant and tbe plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The plaintiff testified that in August, 1883, she was walking'on a sidewalk on one of the streets in the city of Le Mars, about 8 o’clock in the evening. “ It was dark, but not so dark but I could see. It was not as light-as dusk, but it was light enough so that I could see those that passed me. * * ' * I had paused to bid the lady that was with me good evening, and, as I paused, I saw two gentlemen coming, and at first I did not recognize them, and as they passed I just stepped aside to let them pass, and I stepped into this hole. This hole was close up to the sidewalk. There was no earth…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McLaury v. City of McGregorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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