Jones v. Herrick
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal •from Franklin District Court. — Hon. R. M. Wright, Judge. Action for damages resulting in a verdict directed for defendant and judgment entered thereon. The plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, C. J. —
1. Master and servant: negligence of master: evidence. I. The plaintiff is administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, who, on August 14, 1906, was killed by the falling of an elevator attached to a grader. This machine was moved by ten or twelve horses in front and six or eight horses behind. At the side, at right angles with the grader, was an elevator, or carrier, two or two and one-half feet wide and about nine feet long, hinged to the grader near the bottom, and supported by a chain on each side attached near the outer end. These chains passed back to the grader…
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