Beem v. Tama & Toledo Electric Railway & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Court. — Hon. Gr. W. Burn-ham, Judge. Action at law to recover for injuries to the plaintiff’s intestate, which caused hisi death, .and which are alleged to have been the result of negligence on the part of the defendant. When the evidence on the part of the plaintiff had been- fully submitted, the jury, by direction of the court, returned a verdict for the defendant, and judgment was rendered in its favor for costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
*5651 *564In September of the year 1895, the defendant was engaged in operating an electric railway between points in Toledo, and Tama. The railwaj passed through a portion of McClellan street, which extends from north to south, over a ridge. At a point from four hundred to five hundred feet south of the crest of the ridge, McClellan, street is intersected by Brice street, which extends from east to west. On the twelfth day of the month named, A. B. Beem, the decedent, was struck by a train of the defendant in McClellan street, at a point north of, but near Brice street, and received injuries which…
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