Carter v. Sioux City Service Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court.—Hon. F. R. Gaynor, Judge. . . . This is an action for personal injuries. The plaintiff is the widow and administratrix of one M. W. Carter. Carter was a conductor or foreman in charge of a switching train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court.—Hon. F. R. Gaynor, Judge. . . . This is an action for personal injuries. The plaintiff is the widow and administratrix of one M. W. Carter. Carter was a conductor or foreman in charge of a switching train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company. While engaged in transferring a train from one yard to another in Sioux City, his train came in collision with a street car of the defendant the Sioux City Service Company, and he was killed as a result of the accident. The defendant Stevens was the conductor of the street car. There was a…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The accident occurred about 9:30 p. m. on the night of December 14, 1909, a cold and stormy night. It occurred on Iowa street, which was one of the main streets of the city between Momingside and the city proper. Iowa street runs north and south. The street car in question came from the south. The railway train came from a general northeasterly direction, but turned due west as it approached Iowa street. For the distance of nearly one block up to the point of collision the freight train was moving due west from east. Across Iowa street running east and west the company was maintaining twelve…
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- Coates v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Beems v. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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