Metz v. Soule
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines District Oourti The plaintiff, a convict in tbe Iowa penitentiary, claims of tbe defendants, contractors of tbe penitentiary, tbe sum of .$20,000, alleging as grounds thereof, that defendants owned and were running a large amount of machinery, shafting, etc., in said penitentiary, which was negligently, carelessty, and dangerously constructed, coupled and managed; and that plain-tiff, while at work about said machinery under the orders and directions…
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Appeal from Des Moines District Oourti The plaintiff, a convict in tbe Iowa penitentiary, claims of tbe defendants, contractors of tbe penitentiary, tbe sum of .$20,000, alleging as grounds thereof, that defendants owned and were running a large amount of machinery, shafting, etc., in said penitentiary, which was negligently, carelessty, and dangerously constructed, coupled and managed; and that plain-tiff, while at work about said machinery under the orders and directions of defendants, on account of the dangerous construction and management of the shafting, was caught and severely injured.…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
It was proved at the trial that the plaintiff caused to be presented to the Fourteenth General Assembly of the State of Iowa a petition asking for pecuniary relief on account, of the injuries for which he now sues, claiming that he was acting in obedience to the order of an agent of the State when he was injured; and that, though he had protested against doing the work which caused his injury, he was peremptorily ordered and compelled to do the same, and that the State should be responsible for the act of its agent.
It was further proved that a bill was passed granting Metz, one hundred and…
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