COLEMAN v. HALL

No. 52984.

161 N.W.2d 329 (1968)

John Leo COLEMAN, Appellant, v. Howard M. HALL, Edna V. Hall and Central National Bank & Trust Company, Executors of the Estate of Howard M. Hall, Deceased, Appellees. Treasa COLEMAN, Appellant, v. Howard M. HALL, Edna V. Hall and Central National Bank & Trust Company, Executors of the Estate of Howard M. Hall, Deceased, Appellees. Gene L. NEEDLES, Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Joseph Coleman, Deceased, Appellant, v. Howard M. HALL, Edna V. Hall and Central National Bank & Trust Company, Executors of the Estate of Howard M. Hall, Deceased, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore T. Duffield, Des Moines, for appellants.

John Paul Jones, Des Moines, for appellees.


STUART, Justice.

Plaintiffs sought damages for injuries to John Coleman and Treasa Coleman and for the wrongful death of Thomas Coleman which occurred in an apartment house fire. Their separate actions against Howard Hall, owner, and Giles and Helena Hulse, tenants, were consolidated for trial. It is alleged the fire was started by Giles Hulse's cigarette. The claims against Hall were based on allegedly defective conditions in the apartment building. The trial court...

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