Meloy v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar Rapids Superior Court. — Hon. John T. Stoneman, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, for which defendant is alleged to be responsible.' There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In the summer of the year 1884 plaintiff was in the employment of defendant, and was engaged as a civil engineer in superintending the laying of the track on a new line of railway which defendant was then constructing from Belle Plaine to What Cheer. He was not required to see that the track was kept in good condition after it was laid. On the third day of August of the year named the track had been laid from Belle Plaine to a point about thirty-five miles *745south. On that day plaintiff, who was in Belle Plaine to visit his family, was ordered to go to the front with a wrecking train, which was…
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