Fink v. Des Moines Ice Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge. Action to recover damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been received in consequence of negligence on tbe part of tbe defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of tbe plaintiff for one thousand dollars and costs. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
In February, 1889, tbe plaintiff was employed by tbe defendant to assist in filling with ice an ice-house on tbe west side of tbe Des Moines river in Des Moines. On tbe bank of tbe river was erected a building known in tbe record as a “dog-house.” From tbe river to tbe dog-bouse tbe ice was drawn up an inclined way by machinery. In tbe dog-bouse tbe ice was projected onto a slide, which reached from the *323dog-house westward to the ice-house, — a distance of about one hundred and thirty feet. The slide was about twenty-two feet above the surface of the ground at the dog-house, and, when first…
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- Fuller v. . JewettNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Cooper v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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- Simonson v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1878
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