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Smith v. Chicago, B. Q.R. Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa
Apr 2, 1940
227 Iowa 1404 (Iowa 1940)

Opinion

No. 45078.

April 2, 1940.

Appeal from Clinton District Court. — JOHN E. PURCELL, Judge.

Plaintiff commenced this action at law to recover damages from the defendant. Defendant filed a demurrer which was sustained by the lower court. Plaintiff appealed. Opinion states the facts. — Reversed in part; affirmed in part.

E.E. Hairgrove, Homer I. Smith, and Miller Claussen, for appellant.

Frank W. Ellis, for appellee.


This is an action at law to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Alfred Smith while riding as a passenger in an automobile as a result of a collision between the automobile and a gas electric car operated by the C., B. Q. Railroad company. The railroad company filed a demurrer which was sustained by the lower court. Alfred Smith has appealed. The same legal propositions are involved in this case as in the case of Ella Mae Smith v. Chicago, B. Q. Railroad company in which an opinion was filed at this term of court, and will be found in 227 Iowa 1404, 291 N.W. 417. That opinion decided this case.

It necessarily follows that the judgment of the lower court is reversed in part and affirmed in part. — Reversed in part; affirmed in part.

HAMILTON, C.J., and MILLER, SAGER, STIGER, and OLIVER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Smith v. Chicago, B. Q.R. Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa
Apr 2, 1940
227 Iowa 1404 (Iowa 1940)
Case details for

Smith v. Chicago, B. Q.R. Co.

Case Details

Full title:ALFRED SMITH, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON QUINCY RAILROAD…

Court:Supreme Court of Iowa

Date published: Apr 2, 1940

Citations

227 Iowa 1404 (Iowa 1940)
291 N.W. 417

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