Legal Opinion

Westcott v. Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 18, 1915PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Blackhawk District Court. — Franklin C. Platt, Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries. Verdict for the defendant. • Plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.

1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.

In the city of Waterloo, Mulberry Street runs practically east and west. Second Street runs north and south and intersects Mulberry Street at right angles. One of defendant’s lines in the city is laid on Mulberry Street and runs over and across Second Street. The line on Mulberry Street extends a number of blocks east and west of Second Street, on Mulberry Street. On the 3d day of June, 1912, the defendant was operating one of its cars on Mulberry Street and proceeding eastward towards Second Street. Plaintiff’s intestate, Earl Westcott, on the same morning, was riding a motor cycle on Second…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Keyes v. City of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  2. Ames v. Waterloo & Cedar Falls Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  3. Alsever v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  4. Clark ex rel. Clark v. Van VleckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  5. Rothrock v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Barrett v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
  2. Cunningham v. CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
  3. Stukas v. Warfield-Pratt-Howell Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  4. Pettijohn v. WeedeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  5. Bass v. MuenchowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966

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