Nolte v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon. L. J. Horan, Judge. Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The opinion states the material facts. —
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The plaintiff’s wife, Margaret Nolte, was killed while being carried as a passenger upon the defendant’s railway, and this action is brought to recover the damages thus occasioned to her estate. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $9,500, and, from the judgment entered thereon, the defendant has appealed.
I. The defendant does not seriously deny its liability if, as a matter of fact and of law, the estate of the deceased has suffered damages by' reason of her death. The substance of the defense urged is that the deceased was a married woman having no separate estate, and…
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