Bruggeman v. Illinois Central Railroad

Decided December 20, 1909. William D. Evans wrote the opinion for the court.

147 Iowa 187 · Cited 64 times

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• Hartman v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co. · 132 Iowa 582
• Kinyon v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 118 Iowa 349
• Sachra v. Town of Manilla · 120 Iowa 562
• Muldowney v. Illinois Central R. · 39 Iowa 615
• Potter v. C., R. I. &. P. R. · 46 Iowa 399
• State v. Philpot · 97 Iowa 365
• Doherty v. Des Moines, City Railway Co. · 137 Iowa 358
• Smith v. Hickenbottom · 57 Iowa 733
• Rietveld v. Wabash Railroad · 129 Iowa 249
• Artz v. C., R. I. & P. R. R. · 44 Iowa 284
• Baldwin v. St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Co. · 63 Iowa 210
• Allen v. B., C. R. & N. R. · 57 Iowa 623
• Will of Knox v. Knox · 123 Iowa 24
• Meyer v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 134 Iowa 722
• Kimball Bros. v. Citizens Gas & Electric Co. · 141 Iowa 632
• Etzkorn v. City of Oelwein · 142 Iowa 107
• L. A. Shakman & Co. v. Potter · 98 Iowa 61
• Cummings v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 114 Iowa 85
• McGuire v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 138 Iowa 664
• Coldren v. LeGore · 118 Iowa 212

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• Knaus Truck Lines, Inc. v. Commercial Freight Lines · 29 N.W.2d 204
• Menke v. Peterschmidt · 69 N.W.2d 65
• Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co. · 79 F. Supp. 149
• Stowers v. Union Pac. R. Co. · 237 P.2d 1041
• Sever v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co. · 156 Iowa 664
• Lundien v. Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway Co. · 166 Iowa 85
• Snakenberg v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. · 194 Iowa 215
• Spaulding v. Miller · 264 N.W. 8
• Daly v. Illinois Central Railroad Company · 93 N.W.2d 68
• Roennau v. Whitson · 188 Iowa 138
• Pettijohn v. Weede · 258 N.W. 72
• Dedman v. Oregon Short Line R. R. Co. · 63 P.2d 667
• Bridenstine v. Iowa City Electric Railway Co. · 181 Iowa 1124
• Wilson v. Illinois Central Railroad · 150 Iowa 33
• Clemens v. Chicaco, Rock Island & Pac. Ry. Co. · 163 Iowa 499
• Crouch v. National Livestock Remedy Co. · 217 N.W. 557
• Butterfield v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 193 Iowa 323
• High v. Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co. · 195 Iowa 304
• Eclipse Lumber Co. v. Davis · 196 Iowa 1349
• State v. Steffen · 230 N.W. 536
• Bruggeman v. Illinois Central Railroad · 154 Iowa 596
• Wolfe v. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. · 166 Iowa 506

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