Dolan v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.

The defendant’s answer consisted of a denial of the allegations of the petition and a plea of the statute of limitations; and the motion to direct a verdict in defendant’s favor was based upon the following grounds: (1) That no negligence had been shown on part of defendant, and it was affirmatively shown that plaintiff was guilty of negligence contributing to his own injury; and (2) that more than two years had elapsed after the alleged injury and before this action was begun. As the motion was sustained generally, we cannot- disturb the ruling, if the record is sufficient to sustain the…