Jessup v. Osceola County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Osceola District Court. — Hon. Scott M. Ladd, Judge. Action for the value of a horse killed because of a defective bridge. Judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, C. J.
On the twentieth day of April, 1892, as the plaintiff’s team, driven'by his hired man, was passing over a bridge and the approach thereto, and when the fore feet of the horses were on the bridge, the earth constituting the approach nest to the *179bridge gave way, and one horse dropped backward into- the opening, about seven feet down, and was injured so that it died. The caving in of the earth was caused by the piling and planks of the bridge, which served as a support for the earth piled against them to make the approach, being rotten and giving way. The unsafe condition of the bridge is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hoyt v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
3Cited by1 opinion
- Harrison v. Palo Alto CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1898