Perjue v. Citizens' Electric Light & Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Appanoose District Court.— Hon. E. W. Eichelberger, Tudge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, J.-
■ The defendant corporation owns and operates a street railway in the city of Centerville, Iowa. It has a track connection with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway from which road it at times receives freight cars to be moved to some convenient point or place on its own lines for loading or unloading. On the 3d day of September, 1903, one of appellee’s cars ran in on the connecting track and, after coupling to a freight car, hauled it out upon the main line of the street railway to the north in the direction of the city. Having cleared and closed the switch, the car was then…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tesch v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Newhard v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Roberts v. Spokane Street Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1900
- Garrity v. Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1897
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