Sever v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court. — How. Lorin N. Hays, Judge. Notion at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $3,000, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
While a passenger on one of defendant’s trains in the state of South Dakota plaintiff claims to have been injured through the negligence of defendant’s servants and agents in handling a mixed train made up of freight and passenger coaches. It is claimed that these employees switched the train upon which plaintiff was riding onto a side track against a freight car or cars standing upon the siding with such force and violence as to violently shock him and injure and wrench the muscles and tendons of his back, thus severely and permanently injuring him. The *666defendant denied the alleged…
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