IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS & ELECTRIC CO. v. YOUNG

No. 14000.

179 F.2d 485 (1950)

IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS & ELECTRIC CO. v. YOUNG.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan C. Dutcher, Iowa City, Iowa (Charles D. Waterman and W. B. Waterman, Davenport, Iowa, were with him on the brief), for appellant.

Scott Swisher and D. C. Nolan, Iowa City, Iowa (Swisher & Swisher, Iowa City, Iowa, were with them on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is to reverse a judgment for $11,500 rendered on the verdict of a jury for damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff and attributed to negligence of the defendant The plaintiff was a boy of the age of twelve years past at the time of the accident, and in company with five other boys of similar age was climbing about upon the superstructure of a public bridge across the Iowa River in Iowa City, Iowa, known as the Benton...

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