Bon v. Railway Passenger Assurance Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello Circuit Cowrt. This action is based • upon an accident insurance ticket. There was a verdict and judgment, for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrook, J.
i. insubdeiu^ioifcyV recovery on. The plaintiff purchased an accident insurance ticket of an agent of the defendant to go from Crestón *° Afton, Iowa, a distance of ten miles. Before the station at Afton was reached, and while the trajn was ye£ m0tj011) the plaintiff left his seat in the car in which he was riding, went upon the platform and took a position on the step, from' which he was precipitated to the ground before reaching the passenger platform, and one of his feet was so injured, by being crushed by a wheel of one of the cars composing the train, as to require amputation. The action…
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- Standard Life & Accident Insurance v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. v. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
- St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. LeftwichCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Lindsey v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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