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SCHMITT v. JENKINS TRUCK LINES, INC.

No. 52521.

149 N.W.2d 789 (1967)

Marcella K. SCHMITT and the Farmers National Bank of Webster City, Iowa, Administrators of the Estate of Dorothy T. Schmitt, Deceased, and of the Estate of Theodore G. Schmitt, Deceased, Appellants, v. JENKINS TRUCK LINES, INC., Violet H. Sorge and Earlyn W. Quirren, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitley M. Hemingway, Webster City, and Frank Byrd, Memphis, Tenn., for appellants.

McCracken & Carlin, and McDonald & McDonald, Davenport, for appellees.

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Plaintiffs-administrators brought actions for damages, including value of services as spouse and parent, resulting from what appears to be the instantaneous automobile accident death of their husband-father and wife-mother decedents. Six minor children survive.

The fatal accident occurred January 15, 1965. These actions were commenced January 21, 1966.

Defendant Violet H. Sorge, filed an application for separate adjudication of law...

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