Dieckmann v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — How. B. H. Miller, Judge. Action to recover damages -for the death of Frederick J. Dieckmann. There was a directed verdict and judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The following facts are undisputed: The defendant operates a double track railway, passing east and west through the town of De Witt, Iowa. The ticket office, waiting room, and main platform of the station are north of the tracks. Trains move eastward on the north track and westward on the south track, and westbound passengers are required to pass from the main platform over a planked way across both tracks to a platform on the south side in order to board their trains. At about, eleven o’clock of the night of March 31, 19.02, Frederick J. Dieckmann, a traveling saleman, went to the station…
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