Bruggeman v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mitchell District Court. — Hon. J. F. Clyde, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff in a collision with one of defendant’s trains at a public highway crossing in the town of Toeterville, in Mitchell County. The case was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
That plaintiff received the injuries of which he complains by reason of being struck by a train on defendant’s line of road, at a public highway crossing at the town of Toeterville, is conceded. But defendant denies any negligence on its part, and claims that plaintiff was *190guilty of negligence contributing to his injury, and that he can not recover. That there was enough testimony to take the question of defendant’s negligence to the jury is practically conceded; but it is contended that, as a matter of law, plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, and that, no matter what the errors…
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- Sachra v. Town of ManillaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- Muldowney v. Illinois Central R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1874
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