Hall v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jefferson District Court. — Hon. Dell Stuart, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEobiNSON, C. J.
In September, 1889, the plaintiff was in the employment of the defendant as brakeman of a freight train. While attempting, in the line of his employment, to couple together certain cars, he was caught by a moving car, and so injured that he lost his right foot and a part of his left heel. The accident occurred at Washington in this state. The train with which the plaintiff was working had been separated into two parts. The forward part contained ten or more cars, and its rear end was backed from the main track onto a side track for the purpose of taking out certain cars which stood on it.…
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