Murphy v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. A. How at, Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff’s intestate. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and, plaintiff refusing to further plead, judgment was rendered in favor of defendant for costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— The petition shows that on the twenty-seventh day of January, 1887, plaintiff’s intestate, one John Cunningham, was a minor of the age of *27about eighteen years; that on the date named, while discharging his duties as an employe of defendant, he received injuries in consequence of negligence and the want of proper care and management on the part of defendant, which caused his death about two hours after the injuries were received; that plaintiff was duly appointed administrator of the estate of the deceased on the sixth day of March, 1889. Other averments of the petition need not be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kellow v. Central Iowa R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
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