Eclipse Lumber Co. v. Davis

This action was originally brought to recover damages for negligence claimed to have been’ caused by the employees of a railroad company in blocking a street in the city of Fairfield and thus preventing a fire truck • from arriving expeditiously at the scene of a fire in the property of appellee lumber company. The cause was originally tried to a jury,- and verdict returned for the plaintiffs, except the Eclipse Lumber Company. Judgment was rendered on the verdict, and the defendant appealed. In this court the cause was reversed (Eclipse Lbr. Co. v. Davis, 196 Iowa 1849). After procedendo had…