Legal Opinion

Payne v. Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 12, 1911PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from BlacTcha/wlc District Court. — Hon. C. E. Ransier, Judge. Action against a street railway company for personal injuries resulting from collision on tbe street. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.

At the close of the evidence, the trial court overruled defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. We will give our first attention to the error assigned on such ruling.

The accident involved occurred about ten o’clock in the morning on February 11, 1909, on Fourth street, in the city of Waterloo. The plaintiff was riding in a cutter with one Dr. Dunkelberg, who was the owner and driver of the horse and cutter. In this part of the city Fourth street extends due north, and the plaintiff and Dunkelberg were driving north thereon. The defendant’s street railway is laid'along the center line of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Newark Passenger Railway Co. v. BlockSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
  2. Johnsen v. Oakland, San Leandro & Haywards Electric RailwayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Robinson v. Louisville Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901
  4. Haggard v. AndrewSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  5. Loveridge v. EvansSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hatzakorzian v. Rucker-Fuller Desk Co.California Supreme Court · 1925
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  3. Slabaugh v. Eldon Miller, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1952
  4. State v. TillmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
  5. Owens v. Iowa CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1918

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