Chipokas v. Peterson

Louis Chipokas, father of Kathryn Chipokas, a child four years of age at the time of the accident, brought this action to recover moneys which he had expended in hospital, nursing, and medical attention for Kathryn, in the amount of $973. To the petition the appellees filed answer, setting up certain defenses, among them the following: That Louis Chipokas, as the next friend of Kathryn Chipokas, had, prior to that time, and to wit, on the 29th day of August, 1932, filed a petition in the district court of Linn county, Iowa, against these same appellees as defendants, seeking damages on behalf…