Arnold v. Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad

I. The defendant company operated a street car line in the city of Ames, wherein the accident under consideration happened. In an attempt to avoid a reckless automobile, the plaintiff fell upon the street car track, in front of an on-coming car. Before he could remove himself, the car had run over his foot and crushed the same so as to necessitate amputation of the leg above the ankle. The car was running west along Main Street, the track being upon the center line. Arnold, the plaintiff, being on the south side of the street, started to cross to the other side. He was at a point not an…