Davidson Bros. v. Des Moines City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. C. S. Bradshaw, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for an injury to a delivery wagon or truck owned by plaintiff, .alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of defendant’s servants. There was a verdict for plaintiff for $148.69, and from the judgment entered thereon, the. defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant operates a street railway system in the city of Des Moines. The plaintiff carries on a wholesale fruit and produce business in the same city and makes use of an auto truck for the delivery of goods sold to local retail merchants. On January 12,1912, the plaintiff, having occasion to deliver certain goods at the store of Moon Brothers, which fronts south upon Easton Boulevard, one door west of its intersection with East Twenty-fourth Street, sent an employee, one Hablitz, to perform that service. Along the middle of the boulevard in front of Moons’ store is the track of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Barry v. Burlington Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- Latson v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Donovan v. Connecticut Valley Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Keeney v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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- Beck v. Baltimore Transit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- Baltimore Transit Co. v. WorthCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1947
- Carr v. Inter-Urban Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Mangan v. Des Moines City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1925
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