Armil v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polh Circuit; Court. The plaintiff is tlie administratrix of' tlie estate of her deceased husband, and seeks' in this' action to recover damages sustained, caused by the negligence of the defendant, whereby her husband was injured, by reason of which injury he subsequently died. Trial by jury. Judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtServers, J.
The defendant’s road is constructed along and upon Elm street, in the city of Des Moines, several hundred feet. The petition states that the deceased, for a lawful purpose, started to walk diagonally across the railway track; that he was knocked down by a moving caboose; and that, when the caboose stopped, one of the wheels rested on his hand, which was so injured that it became necessary to amputate a portion of the hand, and in consequence of such injury the plaintiff’s husband died. Counsel for the appellant state the grounds of negligence upon which a recovery is asked as follows: “First.…
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