Hopkins v. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Guthrie District Court. — Hon. J. H. Applegate, Judge. Action at law to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, which is alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict for the defendant, by direction of the couri. From .he judgment rendered in favor of the defendant for costs, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The death of the intestate, George W. Holsman, is alleged to have resulted from injuries he had received at a stock chute of the defendant, at its stock yards at Guthrie Center, while assisting in loading cars with cattle for shipment. It appears from portions of the record which may be regarded as undisputed that the chute was about forty feet in length, and five' or six feet wide at the end nearest the track, the floor being raised five or six feet above the ground at that end. Posts were placed on each side of the chute, about six feet apart, the tops of which were about eight feet above…
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