124 Iowa 556 | Iowa | 1904
The defendant operates an electric street car line from Marion, to Cedar Rapids. The track is single, with trolley poles on the south side to Seventeenth street, in the latter city, and from there on double, with poles between. The inside rails are from five feet eleven inches to six feet and one inch apart, and iron poles to support the trolley wires were set midway between them. These poles are six and a half inches wide, and two feet and eight inches, or a little more, from the inside rail. The plaintiff boarded ■car No. 6 at Marion, and rode on the back platform, next to the railing opposite the step, with his back against the car. The railing was a cap of wood about two inches wide, attached to an iron rod thirty-four inches above the platform, and connected therewith by sheet iron. The step was on the
Passengers, while smoking, were customarily permitted to ride on the platform, and it is thought by appellant that