Voelker v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
Submitted on Motion for New Trial Filed on Behalf of the Defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRAS, District Judge.
This case came up for trial at a former day of the term before a jury, and it then appeared that the plaintiff was the administratrix of the estate of Emil Voelker, and in that capacity had brought this action against the defendant railway company to recover damages for the death of Emil Voelker, which had *869been caused by his being caught between two cars in the yards of the defendant company at Dubuque, Iowa, on the 9th of September, 1901, while he was in the employ of the company as a switchman. The evidence showed without contradiction that the defendant company, on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Davis v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1891
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