McCarthy v. Watrous & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. This is an action to recover damages for an alleged personal injury. The plaintiff was in the employ of defendants as a miller in their flouring mill at Cedar Eapids.
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Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. This is an action to recover damages for an alleged personal injury. The plaintiff was in the employ of defendants as a miller in their flouring mill at Cedar Eapids. He alleges that the defendant negligently permitted certain of their machinery and gearing to be uncovered, and that, in the discharge of his duty as such employe, the plaintiff had his hand drawn into the exposed gearing, and the four fingers of said hand were mutilated so that their amputation became necessary. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtEothrock, J.
„ X. BILL ot ex-oi?fiiedtoom late. A motion for á new trial of the case was overruled on the thirtieth day of January, 1885. An exceptiou to the overruling of the motion was entered > ° reeord> and the further entry was 'made that the defendants were allowed sixty days from that date to present and file their bill of exceptions. No formal bill of exceptions has ever been filed, and appellee insists that, as the evidence has not been preserved as required by law, and as an examination of the evidence is necessary to determine the errors assigned, the judgment must be affirmed. As an answer to…
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