NICHOLSON v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 48317.

60 N.W.2d 240 (1953)

NICHOLSON v. CITY OF DES MOINES.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson, Throckmorton, Keir, Parker & Mannheimer, Des Moines, for appellant.

John A. Blanchard, Harris M. Coggeshall and Frank D. Bianco, Des Moines, for appellee.


OLIVER, Justice.

Plaintiff's decedent, Winfred Vincent, aged seventy-two years, was a carpenter by occupation. The petition alleged he died from injuries caused by his falling into a pit at the northwest corner of the bridge spanning Four Mile Creek on Easton Boulevard between East Thirty-sixth Street and East Thirty-seventh Street, Des Moines; that immediately prior to falling into the pit, decedent was walking east on a cinder covered path maintained by the city...

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