McGovern v. Inter Urban Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polls District Court.— HoN. Hugh Brennan, Judge. ActioN to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received bj plaintiff, as a passenger, in dismounting from one of defendant’s electric cars. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClaiN, J.
Plaintiff, carrying an infant and a small satchel, and accompanied by another small child, attempted to dismount from defendant’s car, on which she had been carried as a passenger to her destination at a country highway crossing, designated on her passage receipt as “ Dailey’s,” and while doing so she fell and was injured. At this crossing, though it was designated on the ticket as a station, there was, as plaintiff well knew, no station, nor station platform; but in the highway the approaches to the rails on either side had been planked by the company, and the highway had been graded up to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bullard v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
- Eastland v. . ClarkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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- Cartwright v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1884
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