Keefe v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Court. — Hon. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for the death of James Keefe, alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
On the twenty-fifth day of February, 1889, James Keefe was struck and killed by a locomotive engine of the defendant on its grounds in Clinton. At the time of the accident Keefe was between sixty-five and sixty-seven years of age, and his hearing and eyesight were good. He had worked in Clinton on the railway track for twenty-five years, and for four or five years preceding his death had worked around the depot and in the yard of defendant, at such work as the roadmaster from time to time required him to do. On the day of the accident, he was engaged with a shovel on a track known as “No. 2,”…
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- Aerkfetz v. HumphreysSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Elliott v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Morris v. C., B. & Q. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Cooper v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Spencer v. Illinois Central R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1870
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