Jacobson v. United States Gypsum Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. O'. G. Lee, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant is a corporation engaged in the operation of gypsum mills at Ft. Dodge, Iowa, and up to a short time before the accident complained of plaintiff had been engaged as a laborer in some part of the process by which the rock is converted into the commercial product. It appears that for a few days prior to the accident he had been out of work in his usual line, and on the day before his injury had been employed by the defendant’s foreman to assist in taking the machinery out of one of its mills. On the first day he assisted in loading an engine which was to be moved, and was then…
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- Hawley v. . Northern Central Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
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