Armbruster v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal, from Iowa District Court. — Hon.- R. P. Howell, Judge. Action for damages resulted in judgment against defendant, from which it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
The deceased, Henry Armbruster, was employed as hostler’s helper, and on June 10, 1910, while on a tender, attached to an engine pulled the door or apron of the coal chute down and allowed the coal to run from the pocket into the tender. After the coal had run out, he pushed the door or apron up, when it failed to catch or latch at the top and dropped back. . He had bent over to spread the coal in the tender, and it struck him on the head, thereby causing injuries which resulted in his death. The particular chute was next to the north of a series of twenty chutes at Trenton, *157Mo., the bottoms…
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