Martinek v. Swift
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — IíoN. Wm. G-. Thomp- ' SON, Judge. On the 10th day of June, 1901, a refrigerator car loaded with.dressed beef, the property of the defendant, was standing on a side track in the city of Cedar Rapids near the defendant’s local office.
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Appeal from Linn District Court. — IíoN. Wm. G-. Thomp- ' SON, Judge. On the 10th day of June, 1901, a refrigerator car loaded with.dressed beef, the property of the defendant, was standing on a side track in the city of Cedar Rapids near the defendant’s local office. The meat was for sale to the trade generally, and for tbe purpose of providing sufficient light for its inspection by customers an electric light wire or cord was run from the office into the car through its door, to the car end of which was attached an ordinary brass socket and 'a lamp protected by wire netting. The cord was so…
1Opinion of the CourtSheewiN, J.
The dominant question in this case is whether the plaintiff has proven such negligence on the part of the defendant as' will entitle her to recover for the death of 1. negligence: death from electric wire: evidence. ^er intestate. The question is an important one, and one of unusual interest, and if has been aLly and exhaustively argued from every *613point of view. The proper limits of tbis opinion, however, forbid an extended discussion of the exact scientific principles governing electricity and its use and control, and in disposing of this branch of the case we shall only mention some of the…
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