Horn v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court.— Hon. Robert Sloan, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for the death of William Horn, plaintiff’s minor son, due as is alleged, to defendant’s negligence. Trial to. a- jury, directed verdict for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff’s minor son, William Horn, a boy ten years of age, was run over by a train on defendant’s line of road, and received injuries which resulted in his death. The grounds of negligence are that defendant’s car repairer invited him into the yards of the company to assist him in pushing a car, and that after leaving this work he jumped upon a moving train, and was caused to fall therefrom by the engineer, who carelessly threw on full steam and caused the cars to jerk, whereby the boy was shaken from the train and thrown under the cars, receiving injuries- from which he afterward died.
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