Grimmelman v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottaioattamie District Court. — Hon. Walter I. Smith, Judge; Action at law to recover damages for the death of one William It. Grimmelman, resulting from injuries received by him while in the employ of the defendant company. Trial to a jury. Verdict and j udgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*761 *75For some time prior to the time of the accident in question, deceased was in the employ of .the Union Pacific Railway Company at its roundhouse in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in what was known as the “turn-' table” or “clinker pit” gang, whose duties were to take ashes from the engines at what was known as the “clinker pit,” run them to the turntable, turn them around,-and then run them into the roundhouse, where they were turned over to the roundhouse gang.' Some months prior to receiving the injuries from which he died, he quit the employ of the company, and went west. He returned from the ■…
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