Legal Opinion
Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided August 9, 1948No. Civil Action 410PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAVEN, District Judge.
Motion for a new trial following a directed verdict for the defendant in a railroad crossing collision case involving the no eyewitness rule, last clear chance doctrine, and related matters.
On June 28, 1945, at a railroad crossing in the open country north of Cedar Falls, Iowa, at approximately 11:30 A.M., a col lision occurred between a truck owned and operated by Harry E. Mast and a train operated by the defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company. Harry E. Mast died as the result of the injuries sustained in the collision. The plaintiff, Ruth Mast, widow of the…
2Cases cited159 opinions
- Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Donaldson v. Mississippi & Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Greenleaf v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Bruggeman v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Whitsett v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Smith v. Darling & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1952
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- Strom v. Des Moines & Central Iowa Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1957
- Ruble v. CarrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
- Beverly Nygaard, as Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Clyde Sullivan, Deceased v. Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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