Bettinger v. Homer Loring
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. E. M. Wright, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for tbe death of Eugene Bettinger, who is alleged to have lost his life by the defendant’s negligence. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The company of which defendants are receivers owns a line of electric railway extending from Fort Dodge to Des Moines and other points. On August 12, 1911, plaintiff’s intestate was struck and mortally injured by one of the company’s trains upon a highway crossing in Webster county on the border of the city of Fort Dodge, and this action is brought to recover the damages thereby occasioned to his estate. In support of such claim it is alleged that the collision is chargeable to the negligence of the persons having charge and control of the movement of the train in the following particulars :
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Haas v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
- Gray v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Kinyon v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Hendrickson v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Alsever v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Duncan v. RhombergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1931
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
- Glanville v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1923
- Skalla v. DaegesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
- Black v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
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