Forbes v. Ottumwa Sand Co.

The husband of the plaintiff lost his life while engaged in the service of the defendant and while in the course of his employment on January 28, 1931. The defendant is a corporation, which has been engaged for many years in its present line of work. Its articles of incorporation define the scope of its enterprise as the acquiring and selling of “sand, stone and ice and all other kinds of property”. It operates upon the banks of the Des Moines river in the vicinity of Ottumwa. It collects annually large quantities of sand and gravel by the use of dredges; and by grading and classifying,…