Worden v. Humeston & Shenandoah Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. C. P. Looebourow, Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff’s intestate while employed by defendant as an. engineer, which resulted in his death, and were occasioned by defendant’s negligence. There was a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
4. Railroads: death of engineer by derailment: evidence of negligence. — I. The point most elaborated by plaintiff’s counsel is that the verdict fails of support in the evidence. The accident in which the intestate was injured was the derailment of the engine upon which he was employed. There was evidence tending to show that the *312accident was caused by a defect in the track, — a depression which, caused such rocking and swaying of a train passing over it as to attract the attention of and alarm persons riding on the train. This defect had existed for three days, at least, before the accident,…
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