Supreme Court of Iowa October 28, 1899 (Purcell v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.)

Ladd, J.

Tbe deceased, Z. W. Hunt, o>n tbe day be was killed, was walking on tbe defendant’s track, towards tbe east, and when on a bridge some eight feet high was struck by a fast passenger train, known as tbe “Overland Limited,” going west. It appears without dispute that when be was first seen by tbe engineer tbe train was a, mile away, tbe track being .straight for that distance.