Heise v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court. — IIon. A. N. Hob-soN, Judge. AotioN to recover tbe value of cattle killed by defendant’s train at a highway crossing. Verdict and judgement for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. —
1Dissent
Lade, J.,
dissenting.- — -The highway crossing to the northwest was but one thousand one hundred and twenty-one feet from that where the cattle were injured by the train. It was moving at a speed of about forty-five miles an hour, and manifestly one might not rely on the signals sixty rods distant in driving a slowly moving herd of cattle on the crossing. Would he have the right to rely on signals being sounded for the crossing one thousand one hundred and twenty-one feet farther away ? This issue is clearly raised in the pleadings and to this inquiry the majority say no. But for previous…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cahill v. CincinnatiCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
- Bell v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Harty v. . Central R.R. Co. of New JerseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Norton v. Eastern RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Wakefield v. Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1864
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