Grace v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Action to recover damages for tlie death of plaintiff’s intestate, Bertram H. Grace, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the employees of the defendant company in operating its road. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and from judgment on such verdict the defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The defendant operates a line of railway from Minneapolis to Des Moines through the town of Perry, in Dallas county, and the Interurban Bailway Company operates a line of railway from Des Moines through Perry, crossing the track of the defendant company at grade about a mile southeasterly from Perry. At this crossing, the line of defendant’s railway runs approximately north and south, Perry being to the north, and the line of the interurban railway is approximately east and west. The general surface of the country is level, so that a train approaching the crossing from the north may be seen…
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