Healy v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polle District Court. — Hon. W. H. McHenry, J udge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries. Trial to a jury. At tbe conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, tbe court, on defendant’s motion, directed the jury to return a verdict for him, which was accordingly done. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
Defendant is a grain dealer, engaged in business at the town of Mitchellville. In connection with that business, he runs and conducts an elevator. This elevator had an elevated platform, supplied with a trapdoor to let the grain pass through, and also with an elevator dump, which was so arranged that, after a team had passed over it, by the use of a lever the operator could drop the hind wheels of the wagon, and at the same time elevate the front ones so that the grain would pass out of the hind end of the wagon ¡box, down through the trapdoor to a bin, from which place it was elevated into…
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- Yates v. SquiresSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
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