Bird v. Hart-Parr Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd District Court. — Hon. C. H. Kelly, Judge. Action at law by an employee of defendant company, to recover damage for personal injuries received by Mm in falling into a scale pit wMcb it claimed defendant left open and unbarrieaded about the place where plaintiff was working. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $6,000, and defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The defendant is engaged in the manufacture of gasoline engines in the city of Charles City, Iowa, and maintains a foundry and machine shops in said city. Plaintiff entered defendant’s employ in May of the year 1909, and continued therein until December of the same year, when he received the injuries of which he complains. The foundry in which plaintiff worked was south of the machine shop, and there was an alley between the two buildings, and in this alley was a platform pit scale. On the day plaintiff was injured this scale had gotten out of repair, and two of defendant’s employees were…
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