Felton v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Poweshiek District Court. Action to recover damages accruing to the estate of which plaintiff is administrator, by reason bf injuries received by the intestate through the negligence of defendant’s employes, while a passenger upon a train upon defendant’s road. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The evidence apjilicable to the issues in the case tended to show that plaintiff, with a large number of other persons, purchased excursion tickets at Brooklyn, upon which they were carried to Grinnell, to attend a circus which gave an exhibition at that town. They were transported back to Brooklyn in a freight train. Many of the passengers were compelled to ride on fat or platform cars, which had no railings or other protections around them to prevent passengers from being thrown from the cars. Plaintiff’s-intestate started to return from Grinnell upon one of these cars. lie was a sober and…
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