O'Conner v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. J. W. Bollinger, Judge. Action for damages resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
Through negligence of an employee of' defendant, as was conceded in the answer, a baggage car in which plaintiff was engaged at his usual avocation was overturned, and he precipitated nearly the entire length of the car on his head, and articles in the car fell on him. The testimony of physicians as to his condition as a result of the injuries is in sharp conflict. If the witnesses called by plaintiff are to be relied on, in connection with the evidence of himself and wife, he is in a deplorable condition. If the physicians of defendant are' right in the opinions they have expressed, little…
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