Lawrence v. City of Sioux City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George Jepson, Judge. Action to recover damages to the estate of Dorothy B. Lawrence, consequent upon her death, from alleged negligence, resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
In the evening of January 2, 1913, John M. Knott arranged with the deceased, Dorothy B. Lawrence, and Martha Whitney to take them in an automobile to their homes, after choir practice at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Sioux City, and thereafter invited Brooks Carry to accompany him. Each of the party was about eighteen years of age. They started from opposite the church and, .after passing along several streets, moved north on Myrtle Street. A gully twenty feet wide and eighteen feet deep extended across this street, over which there was a bridge somewhat west of the center. The street had…
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