McGlade v. City of Waterloo
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — George W. Dunham, Judge. Action at law, to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff, in a collision with a street car belonging to the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company, while being operated upon one of the streets of defendant city.
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Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — George W. Dunham, Judge. Action at law, to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff, in a collision with a street car belonging to the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company, while being operated upon one of the streets of defendant city. The city was made a party, because it is claimed that the accident grew out of, or was caused, in part at least, by a defect in one of its streets, which it negligently failed to repair. Upon motion for a separate trial, the case was heard on issues tendered by the railway company, resulting in a…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Trial: direcrule to deíeíct: of jury queíal ' able I acts^negligence. The accident happened upon one of the .paved streets in defendant city, and grew out of the frightening of a horse (which plaintiff’s brother was driving) at a hole in the paving, which was partially filled * r j water> causing the horse to shy, cramp the buggy to which the horse was attached, an(l throw plaintiff to the ground in front of the street ear, which struck him, causing the injuries of which he complains. The negligence ^charged against the railway company was that, when plaintiff was thrown out of the buggy, he…
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