SWEET v. SWANGEL

No. 53217.

166 N.W.2d 776 (1969)

Craig E. SWEET, Appellee, v. Warren L. SWANGEL and Millie Swangel, d/b/a Gilbert Motel, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert, Stoddard & Anderson, Oskaloosa, for appellants.

Fisher & Pickens, Cedar Rapids, and Tomasek & Vogel, Grinnell, for appellee.


STUART, Justice.

Plaintiff was injured when a chair on which he was sitting in his motel room collapsed. His petition seeking to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in the fall contained two counts. The first alleged specific acts of negligence. The second count sought to recover under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff on the res ipsa loquitur count.

As all three of appellant's assigned errors relate to...

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