Fitch v. Mason City & Clear Lake Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — Hon. C. H. Kelley, -Judge. Action to recover damages for a persona] injury alleged to have been caused by tbe negligent operation of the-defendant’s railway. There was a trial to a jury and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals,
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwin, J. —
1 Appellee questions the sufficiency of the-assignments of error relating to instructions given and refused. These assignments are that the court erred in giving each of the instructions numbered, etc., and erred in refusing each of the instructions asked. Hnder the-language of the Code of 1873, we have held such assignments of error as to the instructions sufficient. Section 3207 of the Code of 1873 provided that assignments of error “need' follow no stated form, but must, in a way as specific as the case will allow, point out the very error objected to.” Section 4136 of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Huss v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1901
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