Edgington ex rel. Meyer v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court.- — Hon. P. B. Woleb, Judge. Action at law for the recovery of damages on account of personal injury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, J. —
1 The defendant company owns and operates aTine of railroad entering the city of Muscatine, Iowa. In connection with its station and yards at this place, it maintains and uses a turntable, a well-known machine or device for turning locomotives. This table turns about a central point or axis, and, when unfastened, is easily revolved by hand power applied to bars or levers. At and prior .to the time of the accident upon which this action is based the table, when not in use, was ordinarily fastened by a pin, bolt, or latch of some kind, the. exact description of which is not…
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