Crawford v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Court.■ — TIon. Obed Caswell, Judge. ActioN at law to recover for injuries to personal property alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. A verdict for the defendant was returned by direction of the court, judgment for costs was rendered thereon, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson, O. J.
The evidence submitted on the part of the plaintiff tended to show the following facts: A rail*434way of the defendant extends through. Melbourne, in Marshall county, southward. At a point about two miles south of the town it is crossed a.t right angles by a wagon road, extending from east to- west. About 40 rods east of the crossing is a school house. The surface of the ground over which the road runs descends gradually from a point three hundred feet west of the school house to a point from one hundred and fifty to- one hundred and twenty-five feet east of the railway track,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Banning v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Baker v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Sala v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Moore v. Keokuk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1893
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- Lunde v. Cudahy Packing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1908
- Nicholson v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- Bell v. Incorporated Town of ClarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Wilson v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
- Beemer v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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