O'Connor v. Illinois Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Woodbwry District Cowrt. — Hon. G-. W.. Wakefield, Judge. This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and the* defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
1. Master and servant: defective machinery: knowledge of employer: negligence: pleading. In January, 1889, the plaintiff was m the employ of the defendant company engaged in switching cars to and from the Union stock yards and the pork and beef packing houses in and about the city. On the fourteenth day of that month the defendant company was moving a Chicago-refrigerator car by pushing the same ahead of an engine from the transfer track of the company over the Union stock-yards track to the Silberhom packing house, when the car was derailed on a curve of the track, and *107the plaintiff, being…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Baldwin v. St. Louis, Keokuk & Northern R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Gandy v. Chicago & Northwestern R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Edgerly v. Farmers' InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Case v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- District Township of Coon v. Board of DirectorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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