McKee v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wayne District Court. — Hon. J. W. Harvey, Judge. Action to recover damages alleged to have been •caused by tbe negligence of the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In September 1888, Joseph M. Brown,was in the employ of the defendant as brakeman on a freight train. The division on which he worked extended from Trenton, in Missouri, to Eldon, in this state. On the twentieth day of the month named, he *618left Trenton with his train. When it reached the-vicinity of Numa he was in the caboose, and, observing-stones which appeared to be thrown from the track under the second car from the caboose, he went forward to ascertain the cause. He first went down on the-north side of the car, and then climbed back, and went down on the south side by means of the side…
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