Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. McDonough
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This case arose out of, the
explosion of a stationary boiler in the car. shops of the Chicago .Great Western Railway Company at Oelwein, Iowa, whereby severe and *659permanent personal injuries were inflicted upon John A. McDonough, the fireman who was attending the boiler at the time. In the Circuit Court he obtained a verdict and judgment against the railway company, and it now insists that error prejudicial to it was committed in the progress of the trial.
There was nothing very unusual about the case as it was presented in the Circuit Court, as respects either the…
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