Duree v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk District Court. — Hon. John T. Scott, Judge. Action for damages. The plaintiff appealed from judgment for the defendant. Subsequently the defendant appealed from a ruling on a motion to retas costs.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
The plaintiff, while working as a section hand on defendant’s line of road, Saturday, October 28, 1899, stepped aside to allow a freight train to pass. It was moving up grade, to the southwest. He stood to the southeast, about twelve feet from the track, looking in the same direction, and the wind was blowing from the northwest. When the engine had passed about one hundred, feet, something struck him in the eye, causing a burning-sensation and pain. One Erederickson shortly after removed two substances. “The first seemed to be a wooden, fibrous matter, and the other a small coal cinder, * * %…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Searles v. . Manhattan Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Liming v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- United States v. SanbornU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1886
- Menominee River Sash & Door Co. v. Milwaukee & Northern RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
- Gandy v. Chicago & Northwestern R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1870
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