Hood v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. Walter I. Smith, Judge. Plaintiff commenced this action July 2, 1891, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him on or about August 30, 1889, when a passenger on one of defendant’s passenger trains, because of certain negligent acts and omissions of the defendant’s employes. .He alleges that in consequence thereof, and without fault on his part, he was seriously and permanently injured in…
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Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. Walter I. Smith, Judge. Plaintiff commenced this action July 2, 1891, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him on or about August 30, 1889, when a passenger on one of defendant’s passenger trains, because of certain negligent acts and omissions of the defendant’s employes. .He alleges that in consequence thereof, and without fault on his part, he was seriously and permanently injured in certain particulars stated, from which injuries he has ever since suffered great bodily pain and mental anguish. He…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, C. J.
*3341 *3352 *3363 4 *333I. We first consider the case as presented on defendant’s appeal and upon the motion filed in this court. As they present the same questions, they will be considered together. The record shows the following: After the conclusion of the evidence, and on the day the case was submitted to the jury, the trial judge signed a certificate appended to the official shorthand notes of the trial, wherein he certified in substance as follows: That said notes were the official report of the trial, taken by the official reporter,- and that “the same contain all the evidence offered and all *334the…
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- Henry v. Sioux City & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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