Murray v. Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. D. V. Jackson, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in defendant’s employ engaged in the operation of a' laundry mangle. A previous trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in a sum of $17,375, and a new trial was granted on defendant’s motion. The ruling of the court granting such new trial was sustained on plaintiff’s appeal to this court.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. D. V. Jackson, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in defendant’s employ engaged in the operation of a' laundry mangle. A previous trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in a sum of $17,375, and a new trial was granted on defendant’s motion. The ruling of the court granting such new trial was sustained on plaintiff’s appeal to this court. See 145 Iowa, 212. On a second trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $15,000, and from judgment on this verdict defendant now appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The facts appearing in the record as supported by the evidence were set out to some extent in the opinion on the former appeal, 'but, for the purpose of ■disposing of some of the questions now raised, a fuller statement seems to be necessary.
The plaintiff, a girl seventeen years of age, was employed in a laundry owned and operated by the defend*735ant, first in ironing by band. This employment continued from January to April, 1906. From April to July, when plaintiff was injured, she was employed about the mangle, a piece of machinery used for ironing tablecloths, napkins, towels, sheets, and…
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