Burger v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — IIon. W. R. GbeeN, Judge. Action to recover damages for a personal injury. Trial was bad to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
Defendant operates a street railway line in Council Bluffs, and the claim of plaintiff is that, while attempting to board one of defendant’s cars, at what is known as the “Gun Club Station,” the car was suddenly, started forward, whereby he was thrown to the ground and injured. We shall take up the several matters of error occurring on the trial in the order of their presentation in argument.
1. Evidence: objection: review. I. As a witness in his own behalf, plaintiff testified, in chief, that his occupation was that of a barber; that before the accident in question, he was an able-bodied man.…
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