Brownfield v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court. — Hon. A. E. Dewey, Judge. Action to recover damages for injuries caused by the alleged negligence of defendant.' At tbe close of tlie evidence for plaintiff, under the court’s instruction, the jury returned a verdict for defendant. From a judgment thereon plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Waterman, J.-
*2561 *255Plaintiff was in the employ of defendant as a locomotive fireman, and had so been at different times for a number of years prior to his injury. At the time complained of, he was engaged on his engine, which was hauling a *256freight train from Rock Island, 111., over defendant’s road, to Eldon, Iowa. The engineer had an order, on leaving Washington, which was an intermediate station, to run at a speed of thirty-five miles an hour to Brighton, thirteen miles west. Plaintiff knew of this order. Some little time after leaving Washington, plaintiff noticed that something was'wrong with…
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- Potter v. Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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