Richards v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from ChicJcasaw District Court. — Hon. L. O. Hatch, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been wrongfully caused by defendant. After tbe evidence for plaintiff bad been submitted, the court sustained a motion to instruct the jury to return a verdict for defendant. A verdict was accordingly returned, and judgment rendered in favor of defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Plaintiff received the injuries of which he complains, in October, 1887, in the town of Elma. He was at that time nineteen years of age. While walking near a track of defendant, he was struck by a caboose, and thrown violently to the ground in such a manner that one foot was thrown on a rail and crushed, making amputation of the injured limb below the knee necessary. Other injuries were also received. The accident occuz’red at a point which was generally used by the inhabitants of Elma as a crossing, but it was not in a street, nor other duly established public way. Plaintiff was not in the…
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- Gaynor v. Old Colony & Newport Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Board of Education v. AremanNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Masser v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
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