Bushing v. Iowa Railway & Light Co.

There is little, if any, conflict in the evidence. On December 9, 1917, and for some time prior thereto, August Bushing, deceased, husband of the appellee, Martha Bushing, was employed by the appellant, Iowa Railway & Light Company, as a fireman in the company’s power plant located at Marshalltown, Iowa. His duties were the general and ordinary duties of a fireman, and also the disposing of ashes and the shoveling of coal in the yard. The furnaces were fed by mechanical stokers. The employee’s working hours were from 1 o ’clock in the afternoon until 11- o ’clock in the evening. Both employer…