Thompson v. Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad

Plaintiff, in a law action, sought recovery for personal injuries and damages to his automobile by reason of a collision between the vehicle owned and then operated by him and a railroad freight car being propelled across a street in Waterloo by an engine of defendant-company. The case was tried to the court as there had been no demand for a jury. Rules 177, 178, R. C. P. Subsequent to the close of all the testimony and the overruling of defendant’s motion for judgment, the trial court filed its written findings of fact and conclusions of law and therein held the defendant guilty of…