O'Mara v. Newton & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Hon. Byron W. Preston, . Judge. Appeal by plaintiff from au order overruling an application to reinstate on tbe calendar a cause dismissed for want of prosecution.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The petition, alleging injury to a horse by collision with the defendant’s train in a right of way where it had the right to fence, was filed January 24, 1907, and an amendment thereto October 17th followed. The answer, a general denial, was filed the same day. The trial was begun October 18th, and resulted in a judgment for $850 October 29, 1907. The defendant appealed, and the judgment was reversed November 19, 1908. 140 Iowa, 190. *702Procedendo issued April 12, 1909, aud was filed in the district court the next day; but the case was not placed on the calendar until October, 1909, term of…
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