Ochiltree v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Audubon District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thobnell, Judge. Action for damages by a husband for loss of services of his wife by reason of a personal injury. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Iíinne, J.
I. Plaintiff is the husband of Nettie Ochiltree. It appears that on the morning of August 27, 1889, plaintiff’s wife started to drive to the town of Audubon, and had with her another lady and two small children. She drove a span of horses which were hitched to an open, two-seaited buggy. The following *629diagram will show the course of the highway, the railroad, and- their situation with reference to each other.
ÜDe of the horses was seventeen years old, and the other was twenty-one years old. In leaving her home, and going to the town, Mrs. Ochiltree would travel east to a point nearly…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Scheffer v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Hill v. Portland & Rochester RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1867
- Lamb v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Hargis v. St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. BoxTexas Supreme Court · 1891
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- Ochiltree v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Ochiltree v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
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