Allen ex rel. Allen v. Ames College Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff growing out of the alleged negligence of the defendant in backing its train upon him without warning or signals, and without having a lookout at the rear end of the train. Trial to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of seven thousand dollars. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
1 -Defendant is a railway corporation operating a line of road about two miles long between the city of Ames, in Story county, and the State Agricultural College.. Its motive power is steam, and it not only transports passengers, but is a carrier of freight as well. One of its terminals and its depot and train shed is adjacent to what is known as “Onondaga Street,” in the city of Ames. This street runs nearly east and west, and is intersected just west of the depot by what is known as “Duff Street.” David Allen, the plaintiff, a boy of about six years of age, was passing west along or near…
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