Legal Opinion

Wiese v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 12, 1918PublishedCited by 13 opinions

A2>peal from Carroll District Court. — E. G. Albert, Judge. Action for damages resulting from a collision at a private crossing over defendant’s road. Judgment for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

Mrs. Schrum owned 53 1-3 acres of land in the N% of the SE14 of Section 19, more than a mile south*510west of Manning. The Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company’s track ran south through this land, and running parallel therewith was that of the Chicago Great Western. The land was without access to the highway along the section line to the west, but a private way from the intersection of the highway with'the railway track to the northwest ran between the tracks, down to a private crossing over the roads to the land on either side.

At about noon of August 26, 1914, the plaintiff, witb a team and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gray v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
  2. Kinyon v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  3. Hartman v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  4. Grafton v. DelanoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  5. Wilson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1947
  2. Mann v. Des Moines Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1942
  3. Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
  4. Coonley v. LowdenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
  5. Glanville v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1923

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