Palmer v. Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. H. M. Remley, Judge. Action for damages occasioned by a collision with a street car. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Both parties appeal; that of defendant being first perfected.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
*425i. personal negligence; evidence. *424Third street, in Cedar Rapids, along which *425defendant operates a street railway, intersects P avenue. On the 15th of Juno, 1898, at about five o’clock p. -? the plaintiff, while riding a lady’s bicycle, C0Uided with one of its cars. With a loaf of bread tied to the handle bars and beefsteak in his pocket, he ■was riding on the north side of the road. He testified that he listened for, without hearing, the gong and rumble of the car, until he saw a team and wagon coming rapidly around the corner toward him. He first saw it when about twenty feet from the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Henderson v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- May v. HahnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Palmer v. Cedar Rapids & Marion Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- McNeil v. LyonsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1898
- Caldwell v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
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- Hall v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909
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