Flanagan v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Court, — Hon. A. Howat,. Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger upon the-defendant’s railroad car, by reason of the negligence of the defendant’s employes. There was a judgment on a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
The questions argued by the defendant’s counsel involve the' correctness of the rulings of the court upon the instructions. No other branches of the case can be discussed.
1. Negeligence: personal injury: contributory negligence: instructions. I. No instructions were asked or given announcing the rules of the contributory negligence of the plaintiff. It is now insisted that the court erre<! in failing to present to the jury the rules °f law upon that subject. The plaintiff’s care is duly alleged in the petition, the allegations whereof are denied in the answer. The evidence fails to show…
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