Middaugh v. Des Moines Ice & Cold Storage Co.

1. Release: double recovery for same injury. In August, 1916, the plaintiff was in the employ of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, as lineman, at and near the city of Des Moines. On the day in question, with two other employes of the railroad company, he was riding on a motor car, or speeder, moving westward on the main track of said railway through East Des Moines. Approaching the crossing of East Sixth Street, plaintiff and his companions saw the company’s watchman at that point give the signal for .stopping the movement of street traffic and clearing the crossing to allow…