Cox v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Court. — How. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. This is the second appeal in this case. See 90 Iowa, 54 The action is to recover damages resulting from the death of George H. Oox, which is alleged to have been caused by certain acts of negligence upon the part of the defendant while said deceased was in the employment of the defendant as a locomotive fireman.
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Appeal from Clinton District Court. — How. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. This is the second appeal in this case. See 90 Iowa, 54 The action is to recover damages resulting from the death of George H. Oox, which is alleged to have been caused by certain acts of negligence upon the part of the defendant while said deceased was in the employment of the defendant as a locomotive fireman. The defendant answered, denying generally, and trial was had to a j ury, and a verdict returned in favor of the plaintiff for one dollar. Plaintiff’s motion for a new trial being overruled, judgment was entered on the…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
Plaintiff assigns as errors the overruling of each ground of his motion for a new trial, and the refusal to give certain instructions asked. There is but little contention, if any, as to either the law or the facts. The following will be a sufficient statement of the facts for an understanding of the questions to be considered: On and for some time prior to July 12, 1892, the deceased was in the employment of the defendant as a fireman on a locomotive engine. On the evening of that day, he was firing an engine drawing a train of freight cars eastward, to Clinton, John Fisher being the…
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