Legal Opinion

Dennis v. Merrill

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 20, 1934No. 42576PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDonegan, J.

On January 31, 1933, a few minutes before 6 o’clock in the evening, J. W. Merrill, while driving westward on paved highway No. 2 about half a mile west of the city of Sigourney, drove his automobile into the rear end of a hayrack which was proceeding along the said highway in the same direction. The hayrack was on a • wagon which was being drawn by a team of horses, and, as a result of the collision, the tongue and front running gear of the wagon became detached and the team ran away to the westward on the highway. carrying the tongue and running gear along with it. Approximately 600 feet…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Burk v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Newland v. G. McClelland & SonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Acuff v. SchmitSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
  2. Cowman v. HansenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958
  3. Henneman v. McCallaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  4. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1959
  5. Lockwood v. WiltgenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960

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