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TILGHMAN v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO.

No. 50498.

115 N.W.2d 165 (1962)

Charles TILGHMAN, Appellee, v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, and Carroll Pletcher, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archerd, Birdsall & Draheim, Clarion, and Davis, Huebner, Johnson, Burt & Fulton, Des Moines, for appellants.

Lundy, Butler & Wilson, Eldora, for appellee.

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

This is a law action to recover from defendants Chicago & N. W. R. Co. and Carroll Pletcher, engineer on its freight train, for personal injuries to plaintiff Charles Tilghman, driver of a truck which collided with the train at a grade crossing near the northwest edge of the town of Woolstock. Defendants appeal from judgment against them on jury verdict for plaintiff under the doctrine of last clear chance.

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