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JENSEN v. ST. JOSEPH'S MERCY HOSPITAL

No. 49163.

83 N.W.2d 403 (1957)

Arthur F. JENSEN, Appellant, v. ST. JOSEPH'S MERCY HOSPITAL, Sioux City, Iowa, a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 4, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Allen Orr, Sioux City, for appellant.

Harper, Gleysteen & Nelson, Sioux City, for appellee.

BLISS, Chief Justice.

The appellee owns and operates a hospital at Sioux City, Iowa. Shortly before March 19, 1956, it arranged with Donald O'Rourke, owner of the How Improvement Company, as an independent contractor, to repair the flat gravel and tar roof of an old part of the hospital building. The building consisted of the old part and a new part, which adjoined each other. The roof of each part was flat and level, but the roof of the new part was on a higher level...

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