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LITCHFORD v. IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

No. 48850.

75 N.W.2d 346 (1956)

L. J. LITCHFORD and Ronald T. Schaefer, Appellees, v. IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ries & Osmundson, Iowa City, and Barnes, Wadsworth, Elderkin & Locher, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Messer, Hamilton and Cahill and D. C. Nolan, Iowa City, for appellees.

WENNERSTRUM, Justice.

Plaintiffs' action is at law. They seek damages as the result of injuries received by one of them when a paint spray gun held by the injured party was near to or touched an electric line constructed by the defendant on the farm property of William Heiber. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiffs filed a motion for new trial. It was sustained. The defendant has appealed.

L. J. Litchford, one of...

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