Fontana v. Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Oowrt — William S. Ayres, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of the collision of one of defendant’s cars with an automobile, in which plaintiff was riding with another person. The accident happened January 10, 1915. The automobile was struck by a northbound car on defendant’s track, and it is claimed by plaintiff that the automobile had stopped when it was upon the railway track.
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Appeal from Polk District Oowrt — William S. Ayres, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of the collision of one of defendant’s cars with an automobile, in which plaintiff was riding with another person. The accident happened January 10, 1915. The automobile was struck by a northbound car on defendant’s track, and it is claimed by plaintiff that the automobile had stopped when it was upon the railway track. Plaintiff alleged that he sustained a double fracture of the lower jaw and other bruises and injuries; that he has suffered mental…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
bátante8 át negfigence: evidence. Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in the following particulars: First, in operating its car at the highway crossing where the automobile was struck at a high and dangerous rate of speed; second, in approaching the crossing without giving the signals required by law; and third, in not maintaining a proper and safe crossing at said point, in that it failed to have the same properly planked with boards of sufficient length, and failed to have sufficient boards between the rails, and failed to have an approach to the rails, all of which caused the…
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- Platter v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
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- Lockridge v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
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