Iowa Cent. Ry. Co. v. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa; Martin J, Wade, Judge. Action by William A. Walker, administrator of the estate of Allen H. Walker, against the Iowa Central Railway Company and others. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
This is the second time this cause has been brought to this court on writ of error. The first time the judgment in favor of the plaintiff was reversed (203 Fed. 685, 121 C. C. A. 579), and upon the second trial to a jury a verdict for the defendant in error was again returned, and judgment thereon entered.
The allegations in the complaint are set out in the former opinion of the court (203 Fed. 685, 121 C. C. A. 579), and need not be repeated here. The answers of the defendants, in addition to a general denial of the acts of negligence charged, pleaded contributory…
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