Supreme Court of Iowa January 27, 1890 (Hazzard v. City of Council Bluffs)

Beck, J.

I. Plaintiff’s cause of action, as set out in his petition, is stated in the abstract in the following language: “Plaintiff in his petition alleges that, at the intersection of Pierce street and Park avenue, streets of defendant city, was situated a small culvert or bridge, forming the crossing of said streets; that said culvert was wholly inadequate in size and capacity to carry off the