Worden v. Humeston & Shenandoah R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page Circuit Court. Action to recover for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff’s intestate. There was a trial to a jury, and a verdict,and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
i. railroads: engineer: tracle:r°evi-laratio'ns of man-I. The plaintiff’s intestate was employed as an -engineer on one of the defendant’s trains. While so employed, the engine which he had in charge became derailed, and was thrown down an embankment, and he was killed. The accident was caused by one of the rails becoming disconnected and displaced. The defendant’s negligence is alleged to consist in the fact that the plates, nuts, bolts and fastenings binding the rails in the defendant’s track together were left loose. The defendant denied all negligence, and undertook to show…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sweatland v. Ill. & Miss. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1869
- Conners v. Burlington C. R. & N. R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1887
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