Starr v. Sperry
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hubert Utterback, Judge. Action to recover damages consequent on the falling of a radiator in defendant’s building on plaintiff’s foot. From judgment against her, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiff, at the time in question, was employed as a press feeder by the National Printing Company. Its shop was on the second floor of defendant’s building. In the morning of April 1, 1916, he passed along the hallway to the entrance therefrom into said shop; and, as the door was fastened, turned back; and, as he passed a radiator in the hallway against the wall or partition, a few feet from the door, it toppled over and crushed his- foot. It was not connected with the heating system, but had been removed from the company’s room in October, 1915, by the company or its landlord, Chiesca,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Looney v. McLeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Lowell v. StrahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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- Farley v. ByersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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