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Doyle v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 21, 1889PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff from alleged negligence of defendant’s employes while operating a train on its railroad. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

i railroadsployed negu-' f?n onp?a£™g seen result?0' evidence. I. The undisputed facts of the case are these: Plaintiff, with other workmen, was employed in repairing a bridge upon defendant's road, A passenger train approaching, the workmen withdrew twelve or fifteen feet from ffie track. As the train passed at a speed 0f about thirty miles an hour, a coupling-pin of iron, about one foot long and an inch and a quarter in diameter, was hurled from the train, and struck plaintiff upon the head, and fractured his skull. The injury was severe, and from it plaintiff was ill and disabled for…

2Cited by31 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Kosmos Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
  2. Dean v. Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  3. Burk v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  4. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HoffmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. CauthenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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