Moran v. Harris
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Cowrt. Plaintiee brought this action to recover damages on account of personal injuries sustained by liim while in defendant’s employ in sinking a coal shaft. There was a general verdict for plaintiff, also certain special findings by the jury. Defendants moved the court to set aside the general verdict, and to enter judgment for them on the special findings.
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Appeal from Webster District Cowrt. Plaintiee brought this action to recover damages on account of personal injuries sustained by liim while in defendant’s employ in sinking a coal shaft. There was a general verdict for plaintiff, also certain special findings by the jury. Defendants moved the court to set aside the general verdict, and to enter judgment for them on the special findings. The motion to set aside the general verdict was sustained, but the motion for judgment on the special findings was overruled, and a new trial was ordered. Both parties ajtpeal. •
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Defendants were engaged in sinking a coal shaft, and plaintiff was in their employ as a miner, working in said shaft, at the time he received the injuries complained of. The earth and other material taken from the shaft were hoisted to the surface by machinery, consisting of a derrick some eighteen feet high, erected over the mouth of the shaft. There was a pulley at the top of this derrick, and another at the foot. A heavy rope passed over the upper pulley and beneath the lower one. A large tub was attached to one end of this rope, and a team of horses was hitched to the other end. There was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Money v. Lower Vein Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1881
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