Christy v. Des Moines City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court.— How. Wm. H. Mo Iíeney, Judge. Action for damages resulting in a verdict and judgment for defendant. The plaintiffs appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
— ■ The defendant operates a street railway on Ninth street in Des Moines. The plaintiff, accompanied by a niece, and driving a span of three year old colts hitched to a cutter, was approaching the track from the east on State street. In crossing the cutter was struck by one of defendant’s cars coming from the south, and demolished. The plaintiff was permanently injured, and one of the horses so disabled that it was subsequently shot. The city ordinances prohibited the defendant from moving its cars at a higher speed in the residence portion of the city than twelve *430miles per bour.…
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