Hamilton v. Des Moines Valley R. R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Lee District Court. Action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the employment of defendant as a brakeman, resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant’s servants. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts involved in the points ruled by the court appear in the opinion,
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Oh. J.
— The plaintiff, while in the employment of defendant as a brakeman, was required, in the discharge of his proper duty, to couple the engine of the train he was engaged in operating to a ear laden with timber. The car was an ordinary open one, commonly used in transporting such burdens. The timbers were so placed upon the car that three or four of them projected over the end to which the engine was coupled. They were four or five by eight or ten inches, and of such length when upon the car singly that they did not project over the end; those that did project were placed end to end…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Greenleaf v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Barton v. HolmesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
- Haley v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1866
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- Central Railroad v. DeBraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Sullens v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Taylor v. Star Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Beard & Sons v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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