Sales v. Western Stage Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Van Burén District Court. This action was brought to recover damages for -an injury sustained by plaintiff, by the upsetting of a stage coach in which he was a passenger, and of which the defendants were the proprietors. On the trial, certain instructions were given, (for which see the opinion of the court-,) to which defendants excepted, and the verdict and judgment being against them, they now appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Wright, O. J.
Various exceptions were taken to the decisions and proceedings of the court below, but appellants now expressly waive all other error, and seek to reverse .this case, upon the single ground that the rule given to the jury, as to-the care, skill and diligence required of,,them, as carriers of passengers -for hire, was incorrect, and not warranted by the authorities. The instructions objected to, are *548as follows: “It is tbe duty of stage proprietors wHo run a line of coaches for the conveyance of passengers, to prepare good coaches, harness and horses, and good, skillful and careful…
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