Bryson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. H. E. Deemer, Judge. Action to recover damages for a personal injury-resulting in the death of Kate Bryson. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for one dollar. From orders overruling a motion to direct a verdict -for the defendant, a motion for judgment for the defendant on the special findings, and from a ruling granting the plaintiff a new trial, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
By virtue of an ordinance of the city of Council Bluffs, the defendant company was on January 21,1889, occupying most of Fourth street, from a point south of the south side of Twelfth avenue to and beyond Thirteenth avenue, with its tracks and yards, and in the proper operation of its railway. The grant by the city to the defendant company, as to Fourth street, was perpetual, for “the right of way for a double track railway, with the necessary sidetracks, turnouts and switches. * * * Said tracks, when constructed, to be located as near the center of said streets as may be practicable.” The…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Masser v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Darrance v. PrestonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Illinois Central Railroad v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Nixon v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Richards v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Nicholson v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- State v. DudleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Van Wie v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
- Douglass ex rel. Osborne v. AgneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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