Hilas v. Quaker Oats Co.

Grimm. J.-

-On the 23d of August, 1929, the plaintiff filed in the district court of Linn County, Iowa, his petition as administrator, at law, praying for judgment against the Quaker Oats Company for the sum of $3,000 damages for the death of William A. Tilas. Briefly, the substance of the petition is that the defendant is a corporation for pecuniary profit, owning and operating a mill at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, known as the Quaker Oats Company. Plaintiff’s intestate, AVilliam A. Hlas, deceased, was, at the time of his death, working at said mills, at electrical labor, as the employee of the…