Johnson v. Plymouth Gypsum Plaster Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. — E. M. McCall, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff while working in defendant’s mine. Upon issues joined, the case was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $5,000, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1. Master and SERVANT: negligence: jury question: sufficiency of evidence. I. Plaintiff was employed as a driver in defendant’s mine, and, on September 19, 1913, while engaged in the performance of his duties, he received the injuries of which he complains. It is charged that defendant: (1) Failed to furnish a safe place to work; failed to furnish a reasonably strong rope which was attached to the door in the shaft of the mine with which to open the door, and that the rope furnished was rotten, defective and unsafe; (2) failed to notify the plaintiff of the dangers incident to the use of the…
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