Canfield ex rel. Canfield v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa District Court. — Hon. R. P. Howell, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by John Canfield, a minor, while in the defendant’s employ as a sectionman. Defendant answered by a general denial. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $49,000, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
On January 20, 1906, plaintiff, then a minor eighteen years of age, was employed as a sectionman by defendant; and, while riding upon a hand car with other employees in the performance of his duties under the orders and personal supervision of the foreman of the-section crew, the car upon which he was riding was struck by a freight train coming from the south, at what is claimed was a high and dangerous rate of speed. The day was a very foggy one, and the engineer of the freight train testified that he could not see over fifty feet ahead of his engine. Plaintiff claims that the train was run…
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