Legal Opinion

Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 16, 1947No. 47061PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHays, J.

Action for damages for injuries sustained when a.car in which plaintiff was riding as a guest collided at night with a boxcar standing on defendant’s tracks at a point where the tracks cross Southeast Thirtieth Street (also Highway No. 60) in Des Moines, Iowa.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges four grounds of negligence upon the part of defendant and its employees which are asserted to be the proximate cause of her injuries. They are so closely interwoven that they may be consolidated and stated as. follows: That defendant, having knowingly created a hazardous condition by placing a boxcar upon…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. District of Columbia v. ArmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Webber v. E. K. Larimer Hardware Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1944
  4. Lawson v. FordyceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  5. Fitter v. Iowa Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909

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3Cited by67 opinions

  1. Thompson v. KaczinskiSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009
  2. Hedges v. ConderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  3. Wilson v. CorbinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1950
  4. Frederick v. GoffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
  5. Weber v. MadisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977

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