Kinser v. Soap Creek Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Hon. Charles D. Leggett, Judge. The plaintiff commenced this action as administrator to recover damages of the defendant for' negligently causing the death of one Rollin Williams. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for three hundred dollars.. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
The appeal is presented'to ns upon an abstract of the pleadings, the charge given by the court to the jury, and the motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial, and the ruling, of the court thereon. No part of the evidence is abstracted, and no complaint is made of the charge to the jury, nor of any of the rulings of the court, except the overruling of the motion to set aside the verdict.
The motion for a new trial was grounded on the claim that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, and that it. should have been for a much larger sum than three hundred dollars. It is true that…
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- Muldowney v. Ill. Cent. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Sherman v. Western Stage Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1867
- Rice v. Plymouth CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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