LINDSTROM v. MASON CITY

No. 51215.

126 N.W.2d 292 (1964)

Dorothy LINDSTROM, Appellee, v. MASON CITY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Pappas, Mason City, for appellant.

Westfall, Laird & Burington, Mason City, for appellee.


SNELL, Justice.

The sole question before us is the distinction, if any, between the responsibility of a city to persons using municipal facilities such as parks and the liability of other property owners to invitees.

Under our cases there is a clear line of demarcation between the responsibility of a city and that of a business proprietor or owner to an invitee. The limitations on liability appearing in business invitee cases do not appear in cases against...

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