Legal Opinion
Wittrup v. Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 19, 1975No. 2-56466Published
1Opinion of the Court
226 N.W.2d 822 (1975)
Carl WITTRUP, Appellant,
v.
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 2-56466.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
March 19, 1975.
Bierman & Bierman, Grinnell, for appellant.
Davis, Johnson, Burt & Davis, and R. Jeffrey Lewis, Des Moines, for appellee.
Considered en banc.
REYNOLDSON, Justice.
Plaintiff is owner of a truck damaged when it came into collision with defendant's railroad overpass. At close of all evidence trial court directed a verdict in defendant's favor and plaintiff appeals. We reverse and remand for new trial.
The railroad overpass spanned Second Avenue in…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Susan Passwaters, by Donald Passwaters, Her Father and Next Friend, and Donald Passwaters v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Davis Frozen Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- Ruby Ex Rel. Ruby v. EastonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Contino v. Baltimore & Annapolis R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
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