Hiatt v. Des Moines, Northern & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Greene District Court. — Hon. George W. Paine, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for a personal injury. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
*1731 *169I. The plaintiff was injured1 by falling between a moving train and a depot platform on defendant’s railroad. At the time of the injury she *170was about five years old. The injury was received at a station named Waukee. The plaintiff and her father and mother and two- younger children were passengers on a train which arrived at Waukee a little after' 7 o’clock in the evening of February 18, 1893. The family were seated in the front part of the passenger coach in which they were traveling. When the train approached the station, and before it came to a stop, the father and mother of the plaintiff…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lafflin v. . Buffalo Southwestern R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Kelly v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- McKone v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Buenemann v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- St. Louis, I. M. & S. R. R. v. CantrellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1881
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- Valentine v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
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