Arnett v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Earnk District Court. — H. B. Boies, Judge. Action for damages against tbe defendant railway company and its engineer on account of injuries received by a passenger as a result of a collision. There was a verdict in favor of the engineer and against the railway company. The latter appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
resRIipsaSioffur ana proof.ins I. Plaintiff alleged in his petition that he and his wife boarded one of defendant’s east-bound passenger trains at Iowa Falls on the morning of December 7, 1917, and that, when the train reached B°yd, a passing station on defendant’s line, located about 7 or 8 miles west of Cedar Falls, a collision occurred between the train upon which he was riding and a west-bound train, causing him to be thrown violently from his seat in the smoking compartment of the coach, breaking his right leg, and inflicting other severe and painful injuries upon him. This action was…
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