Feurt v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Appeal by defendant from an order denying its motion in the alternative for judgment non obstante or a new trial.

The action is to recover for the wrongful death of Gabe Feurt, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant. Defendant operates interstate railway lines between Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Kansas City, Missouri, running through Montpelier, Iowa. A few miles west of the last named place its double track line is carried across a gully by a bridge of about 140 feet in length. The trusses and supports of the bridge are all beneath the ties. Feurt…