Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit -Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action under the state statute to recover damages for the death of R. H. Armstrong, who was struck by a locomotive and instantly killed while walking across the tracks of the railway company in its yards at Oelwein, Iowa. The negligence charged against the company was that the locomotive was being driven at a rate of speed prohibited by an ordinance of the town, and that the bell was not rung nor the whistle blown, as required by the ordinance. There may be some question whether the ordinance was applicable to the place of the injury; but it will be…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Elliott v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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