CHAMPLIN v. WALKER

No. 2-57498.

249 N.W.2d 839 (1977)

Theodore P. CHAMPLIN, Appellant, v. Miles WALKER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Jacobs of Davis, Jacobs & Gaul, David J. Blair and McQueen & Dandos, Sioux City, for appellant.

Robert E. Beebe of Kindig, Beebe, McCluhan, Rawlings & Nieland, Sioux City, for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C.J., and MASON, UHLENHOPP, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

We must decide whether there was sufficient evidence in this case for the jury to find a landowner was guilty of wanton conduct toward a trespasser. The trial court held the evidence was not sufficient and sustained defendant landowner's motion for judgment notwithstanding a jury verdict for plaintiff. We affirm.

Plaintiff Theodore P. Champlin alleged in his petition that he sustained personal injuries and resulting damages when he fell...

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