Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
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An interesting case was decided by the
Supreme Court, from Page County. in
which verdict for damages was obtain
ed by Sarah and w. III. Wilfong. They
We're struck by Il train on the Omaha and
st. Louis Railroad and injured. The tes-
timony showed that Wilfong stopped his
horses just before crossing the track
and looked up and down the track to
see IL train was coming, hut it was
just at n cut in the road and he failed to
see II coming train, which was late and
on which the whistle was out OF o,dcr.s
Suits We're brought by both for damages !
and yerdicts secured. The Supreme
Court reversed the case as TO the wife
and sustained the lower court as to
husband, the sole point Mt issue beil
whether or not the duty of the wife as
looking for herself is the same as for
husband. The court held that the
trine of imputed negligence as betN
husband and wife which presumes
the wife is in the care of the hush,s,
and has right tn rely on him has been
repudiatcd in this court and that she was
bound to the same degree of care that
would be required of her husband IN took
ing out for herself. On this theory she
cannot recover, because she failed to look
for herself to STE whether the train was
coming.
The Supreme Court began its May
term recently. Decisions will be handed
down in Il number of important cases.
The following decisions are already an
nounced
~. Ipn,1
and Coal Company, appellant Hamilton
district: affirmed.
Carter. appellant, VS. Nicol. Iowa dis
trict; affirmed.
Briles, appellant, VS.. Goodrich, Hamil-
ton district; affirmed.
Frick VS.. Kabaker. appellant, Des
Moines district: reversed.
Quinn VS.. Prudential Insurance Com
pany, appellant, Dubuque district; re
versed.
Bacon VS.. Early, appellant, Polk dis
trict; reversed.
Wilfong VS.. Omaha and st. Louis
Railroad Company, appellant. Page dis
trict; reversed.
Wilfong VS.. Omaha and st. Lonis
Railroad Company, appellant, Page dis
trict; affirmed.
Labor Commissioner Brigham has pre-
pared some statistics from the report of
the foregn-born population residing in
Iowa. He has compiled the census fig
ures in order to show the total popula-
ton as distributed among the various
races. The statement is as follows:
Slavs, comprising natives of Russia, Rus
sian Poles, Hunsaraus and Bohemians,
1910: British. comprising English
Scotch, Irish, Welsh and English-Cana-
dams, 1908; Teutons, comprising Ger
mans, Hollanders. Swiss and Austrians,
1896; Scandinavian, comprising Danes,
Swedes and Norske, 12,611; Latin, com
prising French, MeNicans. Spanish and
Italian, 1851; others, 2,503. In figuring
the number of voters to the population
the ratio Of four and onc-half is used. In
this manner it is easy to tell the num-
her each race has in the State. OF
course there are maay generally coiisil-
cred as foreigners who are natiye-born
Iowans.
I'm tell you what the State of Iowa
ought to do with regard to its State
buildings and to guard against losses by
fire." said John Cownie of the board OF
control '"rhe State ought to set apart
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