Supreme Court of Iowa April 19, 1877 (Murphy v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co.)

lead-opinion

Day, J.

The testimony, in connection with the plat, introduced by plaintiff, establishes substantially the following facts:

John Murphy, plaintiff’s intestate, at the time of his death, and ever since defendant’s road was built through Des Moines, where the accident occurred, resided at the corner of Market and Tenth streets, within a few feet of the defendant’s road, which runs in a