Spencer v. Updike Grain Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. E. B. Woodruff, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in the employment of defendant. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
Prior to the day of the accident resulting in the injury to plaintiff, he had been in the employment of defendant in unloading grain from freight cars by means of a steam shovel. On that day, for the first time, he was put in charge of a car puller, which was being used at the time to draw cars along the track to the proper place for unloading. The operation involved the use of a long rope, attached by a hook to the car to be moved; the rope being so drawn as to move the car by coiling it several times around a revolving drum. The operator would hold the rope' taut back of the drum, and its…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sutton v. Des Moines Bakery Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Hughes v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1911
- Croddy v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Galloway v. J. W. Turner Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
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3Cited by3 opinions
- McGeary v. ReedOhio Court of Appeals · 1957
- Smith v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1924
- Garren v. Ottumwa Gas Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1919