Fullerton v. Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. William P. Wolf, Judge. Action at law to recover one hundred and ten dollars for injuries to live stock, alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1 The petition alleges that the defendant is engaged in operating a railway between Cedar Rapids and Marion, and was so engaged on the fifth day of May, 1894; that on that day it suffered one of its cars to be run at an unusual and reckless rate of speed, and to become unmanageable and beyond the control of the persons in charge of it, thereby causing it to run over two cows which were owned by the plaintiff; that the defendant, its agents and employes, negligently, wilfully, recklessly, and carelessly ran into, over, and against the cows after they had seen them on the railway tracks, and,…
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