Hawley v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. Action for a personal injury. There was a trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
One Eaught, an employe upon the defendant’s road, was, on the night of the twenty-fourth of .Tune, 1882, operating, with others, a hand car on the road, going south from Davis City, and, while so engaged, was injured by reason of an engine upon the road being run against the hand car while following it from behind. Faught’s claim for damages he has assigned to the plaintiff.
The questions presented to the jury were, a's to whether any of the persons in charge of the engine were guilty of negligence in running upon the hand car, and, if so, whether the plaintiff had shown that he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Vimont v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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