Van Gorden v. City of Fort Dodge

This suit at law was commenced by the plaintiff-appellant, Daisy Van Gorden, as the administratrix of the Harry Van Gorden estate, to recover, for the intestate’s alleged wrongful death, damages from the defendants-appellees, the city of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, and the Chicago, Great Western Railway Company. The intestate, Harry Van Gorden, was killed at Ft. Dodge, Iowa, on March 9, 1930, between 10:30 and 11 o’clock p. m., when he drove the automobile in which he was riding against a railroad traffic signal located substantially in the center of Fifth Avenue South, near the east city limits.

Harry…