Hunt v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action for damages for personaj injuries. At the close of the evidence there was a directed verdict for the defendant, on the ground of failure of proof of negligence. Later, plaintiff’s motion for new trial was sustained. From such order the defendant has appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1. Negligence : evidence: res ipsa loquitur: applicability: jerk of train. The plaintiff, at the time of the injury complained of, was a conductor for the defendant railroad company. His run was between Centerville and Keokuk, *846Iowa, the railroad, however, passing through a portion of the state'of Missouri. The plaintiff received his injuries on July 19, 1913, near the town of Memphis, Missouri. His claim is that, while engaged in the line of his duty on a westbound freight train, and while standing in the caboose thereof, there was a sudden jerk of the train, which threw him to the floor,…
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