HUTCHINSON v. MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY CO.

No. 50077.

106 N.W.2d 419 (1960)

William HUTCHINSON, Administrator of the Estate of Oscar Herman, Deceased, Appellant, v. MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY and E. F. Schossow, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Lorentzen and Theodore T. Duffield, Des Moines, for appellant.

Lundy, Butler & Wilson, Eldora, for appellees.


GARRETT, Justice.

This is a law action to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiff's decedent who was killed at a railroad crossing in a collision of the auto-transport truck he was driving with defendant's train. The railroad counterclaimed for damage sustained by it. The claim against E. F. Schossow, engineer, was dismissed by the court.

The trial resulted in a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff for $14,229.34. Upon motion for judgment...

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