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Foster v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 10, 1905PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from Gass District Court. — How. N. W. Macy, Judge. ActioN for damages. Verdict was directed for defendant, and from judgment tbereon tbe plaintiff appeals.—

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

Tbe plaintiff was a section band employed at Wlota. On tbe morning in question be and nine others, including tbe foreman, boarded a band car, on which the tools ordinarily used by tbe men, together with their dinner pails, a water cask and some plank, bad been placed. They were going to work some five miles east of town. Tbe plank bad been placed on tbe north side of tbe car, and on *86the front end of it two men sat, and one man on the back end. Three men were at the back handle of the propelling lever, facing the east. One man stood at the north side, and another at the south side, between,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Christianson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
  3. Hill v. WinsorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  4. Greene v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
  5. Box v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Swaim v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  2. Huggard v. Glucose Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  3. Price v. BurtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
  4. Pulaski Gas Light Co. v. McClintockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
  5. American Tobacco Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910

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