Huston v. City of Council Bluffs
Decision Date | 29 January 1897 |
Parties | HUSTON v. CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS. |
Court | Iowa Supreme Court |
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Appeal from district court, Pottawattamie county; A. B. Thornell, Judge.
Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries resulting to plaintiff through a fall on one of the streets of the defendant city. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.Mayne & Hazelton, for appellant.
Harl & McCabe, for appellee.
Appellee, while passing along and over a sidewalk on the north side of Washington avenue, a much-frequented street in the defendant city, slipped and fell upon the pavement, which was covered with ice and snow, and sustained a severe and complicated fracture of the arm and elbow. He brought this action for damages, alleging that the defendant was negligent in this: Evidence was adduced tending to support the allegations of this petition, and the court below gave the following instructions with reference thereto: ...
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