Frohs v. City of Dubuque
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubiique District Court. — Hon. J. W. Kintzinger, Judge. Action for damages resulted in a directed verdict for the defendant from which plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
The plaintiff is administratrix of the estate of Christ J. Frohs, who lost his life on October 29, 1912, being thrown from a wagon while driving along Couler Street, between 28th and 27th streets in the city of Dubuque. Several days previous, a sewer ditch had been excavated from a house on the west side of the street to the sidewalk about five feet deep and later this was extended to the curbstone and on the 29th, work was begun in excavating from the curbstone to within two feet and four inches of the west track of the street car line. The street was macadamized so that in excavating the…
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