Hammer v. Janowitz
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court.— Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to bave been caused by the defendant’s negligence. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, J.—
At the time of the accident in question Louis H. Hammer was employed in and about a boiler shop owned and operated by the appellant. This shop was supplied with an overhead traveling crane, so called, an apparatus weighing about one thousand two hundred pounds and mounted on four wheels, moving upon a track or rails suspended from the upper timber or frame work of the building. On May 18, 1904, the crane, while carrying a load of about one thousand six hundred pounds, fell to the floor *22beneath, striking and fatally injuring the intestate, who was there engaged in the line of his…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Donaldson v. Mississippi & Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Saint Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co. v. JohnstonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Grant v. VarneySupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
- Wheelan v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Brabbits v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
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