Barto v. Sioux City Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. F. R,. Gaynor, Judge. Plaintive had judgment by default against the Iowa Telephone Company. That company moved to set aside the default and judgment on the ground of mistake and misunderstanding between the general manager of the company and its general counsel. This motion was overruled, and the Iowa Telephone Company appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The sole question in the case is the correctness of the court’s ruling on the motion to set aside the default and judgment." The action was to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff' while acting as a lineman for the defendant company, due to the fact that he came in contact with an iron brace on one of the defendant’s poles, which had become charged with electricity, and received a violent shock, which precipitated him to the ground, a distance of some thirty feet, and caused the injuries of which he complains. It is charged in the petition, and, we must assume, was…
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