Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cass District Court. — TIon. O. D. Wheeler, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received while in defendant’s employment. At the close of the evidence introduced for plaintiff, the court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
At the time of receiving the injury complained of plaintiff was in the employment of the defendant as a laborer, engaged in breaking up coal to be elevated in defendant’s coal chute at Atlantic. When the coal was sufficiently broken, it was elevated by buckets to bins in the top of the building, from which it might be discharged into the tenders of engines. It was necessary from time to time for the plaintiff in the course of his employment to go into the pit at the bottom of the shaft in which the buckets were hoisted and clean out the loose coal. This work was not dangerous in its nature,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Martin v. Des Moines Edison Light Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Beresford v. American Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Hendrickson v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- McGuire v. Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Galloway v. J. W. Turner Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
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- Anderson v. TelsrowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1946
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