Bacon v. Iowa Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. John B. Tabbott, Judge. Action for damages resulted in judgment against the defendant, from which it appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
— This action was begun September 20, 1905, by the service of an original notice, in which. the claim was said to be $10,000. In the petition, filed two days later, plaintiff alleged that “the defendant’s employees negligently and carelessly permitted the said Martin W. Lockhart to be killed, to the plaintiff’s damage in the sum of $10,000,” but demanded judgment for $1,990 only. The defendant filed an answer on September 30, 1905, admitting its corporate existence, and that the plaintiff’s intestate was blind, and denying all other allegations of the petition. It filed a petition for removal…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Meyer v. Construction CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Stone v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Gardner v. Michigan Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. DunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Johannsen v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1939
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