OLDSEN v. JARVIS

No. 52937.

159 N.W.2d 431 (1968)

Charles B. OLDSEN, Executor of the Estate of Boyd C. Oldsen, Deceased, Appellee, v. Gary JARVIS and Bernard Jarvis, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore T. Duffield, Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas L. McCullough, Sac City, for appellee.


GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

This is a law action to recover from the operator and owner of an automobile, for negligently causing the death of plaintiff's decedent, a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Defendants have appealed from judgment on jury verdict against them.

Three errors are assigned: (1) Claimed excessiveness of the verdict for $15,000; (2) failure to grant a mistrial because of alleged improper jury argument by plaintiff's counsel; and (3) allowing the...

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