Rutherford v. Iowa Central Railway Co.

Prior to April 30, 1907, John Rutherford lived upon a twenty-acre farm, owned by his wife, in Poweshiek County, Iowa. He owned land in his own right some few miles distant from where he resided. At the time mentioned he was about ■ seventy-six years of age, but personally managed, not only the twenty acres of land upon which he lived, but other lands as well. Some years prior to his death he received an injury to one of his hips, and as a result one limb was rendered shorter than the other, and he habitually walked with a cane. The defendant company operates a line of railway, running north…