Meier v. Way, Johnson, Lee & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Court.— How. W. B. Quar-toN, Judge. Action to recover damages resulting from tbe death of Emil Meier due to defendant’s negligence in failing to warn him of the danger of the place when he was set to work, and to defendant’s negligence in ordering him into an unsafe place to work. Defendant denied all negligence, pleaded contributory negligence and assumption of risk.
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Appeal from Kossuth District Court.— How. W. B. Quar-toN, Judge. Action to recover damages resulting from tbe death of Emil Meier due to defendant’s negligence in failing to warn him of the danger of the place when he was set to work, and to defendant’s negligence in ordering him into an unsafe place to work. Defendant denied all negligence, pleaded contributory negligence and assumption of risk. Upon these issues the case was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Prior to and on July 28, 1903, defendant, a corporation owned and was operating a line of elevators ; one of which was at Hanna, a small station on the line of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. One Fox was in its employ in connection with the last-named elevator. On or about July 25, 1903, defendant was informed that Fox was short some oats, and on or about the 27th of that month one Granger, defendant’s superintendent, went to investigate the shortage. When Granger appeared Fox notified him that he had discovered some oats in a shipping bin of the elevator which he did not know about, and…
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