Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-22
}Important Decisions!
,.n.A,suNAL lNIlIklts.


Plaintiff received injuries while at
tempting to cross a porch connecting
two OF the rooms OF house belonging
to the defendant, and rented by her 10
she was lawfully upon the premises
at the invitation of the tenant, ana
was at the time OF the accident IN the
exercise OF due care; that the flooring
of the porch suddenly gave way, caus-
ing her to fail to the ground beneath,
and she sustained permanent injuries
Held a landlord is liable to one law
FULLY upon rented promises OF the tei-
ant for injuries arising from detective
construction, or from failure To keep
the premises in repair, when the de-
feet is known to the landlord or in
exercise of reasonable diligence coulu
have been known, and the injured per
son was himself in the exercise oil due
care.
Ross VS.. Jackson, n w. Rep. Vol. OIL,
page SIS Georgia, 1909
TRADE MARK.
Plaintiff had established large ana
lucrative business In superior bfaha
of soap which it called and marked
"Old Country Soap The defendant
made and sold a soap " 'lich II called
and branded "Our Countrys Soap
The packages of the two manufactur-
ing companies were of the same size
and shape. but the dress of the de-
PENDANTS product bore the defendant
name and place of manufacture. and
was so unlike that of the plaintiffs
that it was not likely to deceive
common purchaser who exercised or
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term "Our Country" as a brand on
name for the soap under these circum-
stances did not constitute unfair COM
petition.
Wrisley Co VS.. Iowa Soap Co, 122
Fed. T96.
DAMAGES FOR INJURIES.
PLAINTIFFS hand vas caught in the
shavings pocket of a shavings baler,
and was then caught by its advancing
pocket bar The charge of defendants
negligence was that the loose roller
over which that bar passed was worn
off from it's cylindrical form. adm that
therefore plate which passed over the
bar as it advanced was causes to jump
up and catch and hold the plaSntitf,s
hand while down in the pocket to adj
Just the board used to evenly apply
the impact to the bar against the shaw
ings Plaintiff had complained to the
master of the defective condition of the
loose roller. and fully explained the
situation; the master promised to cor
rect the defect and directed the plain
tiff to continue work until the new
roller had arrived and the plaintiff
did continue to work for ten days
there after until the accident occurred.
Held. that the danger was not so great,
nor the risk so imminent, as to impose
upon the plaintiff as matter of law,
the assumption of the risk involved.
Judgment of lower court giving plain
tiff verdict affirmed
Shalgren VS.. Red Cliff Lumber Co.,
N. w. Rep. Vol. 104, SCI (Minn.)
RIGHT OF WIDOW.
In the case of Smith VS.. Shepherd
IN. j. 54 Att. Rep. sos. it was held
that a widow who buried the remains
Of her husband in the burial-plot be-
longing to his sister, with the consent
of the latter, and who prepared the
grave for the reception Of her own re.
mains with like consent, knowing that
the said plot was so occupied that no
CONSENT would be given for other in
tefments therein, is not entitled to re-
auire the owner of the plot to permit
her to remove the remains merely be-
cause his children of a former wife
(also buried thereim and his children
by her cannot be buried there.