Keatley v. Illinois Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Dubuque District Court. — Hon. J. J. Hey, Judge. The plaintiff is administrator of (the estate of Robert K'eatley, deceased'. This action was brought to- recover damages of the -defendant for causing the death of the deceased, which occurred by reason of a railroad car -on thle defendant’s road1 leaving the track, and tipping over, and falling -on Mm. There was a trial- by jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment f-or the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothroek, J.
1 *6872 *6883 *686I. The deceased was killed on the twenty-fourth day of October, 1890, at a bridge on the -line of defendant’s road near the city of Dubuque. It appears from the record that at that tame the defendant waisi engaged in replacing a; wooden bridge across a creek with an iron structure. The ueiw bridge was about seventy feet long, was a .single span, and each end rested on stone abutments. At the -time of the accident there were two gangs of men at work on and near the bridge. Each bo,dy of men was under a separate foreman. One was known as the “stone gang.” The abutments, of the bridge were…
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