Muldowney v. Illinois Central R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque Cwcuit Cou/ri. This action was originally brought by Edward Laughlin, May 8, 1869, to recover for injuries resulting to him Sejitember 9, 1868, while engaged in coupling cars for the defendant. The said Edward Laughlin died May 13, 1869, and the suit was revived by substituting the administratrix as plaintiff.
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Appeal from Dubuque Cwcuit Cou/ri. This action was originally brought by Edward Laughlin, May 8, 1869, to recover for injuries resulting to him Sejitember 9, 1868, while engaged in coupling cars for the defendant. The said Edward Laughlin died May 13, 1869, and the suit was revived by substituting the administratrix as plaintiff. An amended petition was filed, wherein the plaintiff claims to recover twenty-five thousand dollars because of the injuries to and death of the said Laughlin, which are alleged to have resulted from the defendant’s negligence, and without Laughlin’s negligence or…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
A brief statement of the facts which the evidence tends to, and does very satisfactorily, establish, will render the points ruled more clear and certain. The deceased was bralieman and baggage-master for the defendant at the time of the accident, and had been for a year or two preced*617ing, and. was both faithful and skillful in his employment. At about six o’clock on the morning of September 9, 1868, a mixed train on which deceased was employed, arrived at Ackley, on its way east; two loaded freight cars were at that station, and were to be attached to this train; in the discharge of his duty,…
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