Prowell v. City of Waterloo
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk Distñct Gourt. — Hon. Franklin C. Platt, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received - by plaintiff while passing along a sidewalk in the defendant city, which by the negligence of defendant was in a dangerous condition. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and from judgment on such verdict defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
By reason of the extension of the parking along a paved street in defendant city it became necessary to construct extensions of cement walks at street-intersections from the sidewalk to the new curb line, and this the defendant undertook to do by employing one Faus as a contractor to furnish, the material and to do the work required for constructing of cement such extensions of the walks. At the place where the accident happened which resulted in plaintiff’s injury the contractor, having constructed the cement extension of the walk to the curb line, surrounded it by stones and by a wire,…
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