CLAYTON v. BLAIR

No. 50727.

117 N.W.2d 879 (1962)

Joseph D. CLAYTON and Claude K. Clayton, Joint Administrators of the Estate of Bonnie Wolf, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Floyd BLAIR, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice L. Test, Stanford L. Trumbower, Kenneth L. Potter, McMullin, Test & Baird, Des Moines, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul Ahlers, A. Roger Witke, Bannister, Carpenter, Ahlers & Cooney, Des Moines, for defendant-appellee.


SNELL, Justice.

Plaintiffs' decedent died in an apartment house fire. Plaintiffs, Administrators, seek damages from defendant landlord.

Mrs. Bonnie Wolf, plaintiffs' decedent, and her daughter, Loretta Jones, were tenants in a third floor apartment owned by defendant. Utilities, including electricity, were furnished by defendant landlord.

At about 8:30 A.M. on June 9, 1959 a fire occurred in the building...

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