Dorn v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lyon District Court. — Hon. David Mould, Judge. From judgment, awarding plaintiff damages, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
As the plaintiff stepped from the doorway of defendant’s passenger car, immediately after the train bad stopped at Little Eock, sbe put ber band on the jamb of the door, and as sbe turned on the platform to go to the steps, the door swung to and! crushed the joint on her ring finger so that it was necessary to amputate it. The conductor previously bad opened the door, immediately after the announcement of the station, swinging it back so that a catch attached two or three inches from the top fastened into a spring or slot attached near the top of the gentlemen’s closet door. The evidence…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mitchell v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1908
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. OverallTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Fitch v. Mason City & Clear Lake Traction Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Cronk v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Graeff v. Philadelphia & Reading R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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