Watson v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottawattamie District Court. Action for a personal injury. There was a trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
I. After the introduction of the evidence, the defendant asked the court to direct the jury to render a verdict in its favor. This the court refused to do, and the defendant assigns the ruling as error. The defendant insists that the evidence not only failed to show negligence on its part, but failed to show a want-of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.
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