Ames v. Waterloo & Cedar Falls Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — Hoe. F. 0. Platt, Judge. Action by plaintiff, as administratrix, to recover damages for the death of her intestate, David B. Ames, caused by a collision between him and a street car operated by the defendant company. At the close of the evidence the court instructed the jury to return a verdict for defendant, and from judgment thereon plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
It may perhaps be assumed, from the hour of the day and the place and the street where the *642accident occurred, that deceased had left his work at the noon hour, and was passing diagonally northwestward across Fourth street, which' runs in front of the railroad shops, where he was employed, to reach a street intersection on the other side on his way home. No witness actually testifies to having seen him until the very moment of the accident. It appears that five'or six covered wagons, i. person ax ííencT evi described as “movers’ wagons,” were folio wing one after the other southward on Fourth…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Creamer v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Greenleaf v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Cawley v. La Crosse City Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- McGee v. Consolidated Street Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Moore v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Nicholson v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- Hittle v. JonesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
- Platter v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
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