Pahl v. Tri-City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — F. D. Letts, Judge. Action for damages predicated on the alleged negligence of the defendant railway company, resulting in injuries to plaintiff. A verdict was entered in favor of defendant, on motion of the defendant, at the close of plaintiff’s testimony. Judgment entered, taxing costs to plaintiff. Plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDe Grape, J.
— Plaintiff was riding as a passenger on defendant’s street car, and, in attempting to alight therefrom, fell from the car, and was severely injured. The fall caused an impacted fracture of the surgical neck of the femur of his right leg.
*1365It is alleged that the defendant company, in operating its line in the city of Davenport, Iowa, permitted the rear vestibule of the street car where the plaintiff was riding to become overcrowded with passengers; that the conductor failed to open the door of the car wide enough to allow plaintiff to alight in safety, and failed to place the step of the car in…
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- Reddington v. RafterySupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- Seymour v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Owens v. Norwood White Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1912
- Malloy v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
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