Bradley v. City of Oskaloosa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Charles A. Dewey, Judge. Action by the administratrix of the estate of Russell W. Hartman, deceased, to recover damages for his death caused by a city fire engine on a street of the defendant city. The trial court sustained the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of all -the testimony and entered judgment for costs against the plaintiff. Plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDe Graff, J.
— Plaintiff’s decedent was killed when struck and run over by a fire engine belonging to the defendant city. The negligence of the defendant is predicated on the following allegations: (1) That the fire engine in returning from a fire to its garage was driven at an unlawful rate of speed at the *1073time and place of the accident. .(2) That the defendant city permitted automobiles to be parked on the street near the place of the accident which prevented the decedent seeing the fire engine at the time of its approach. (3) That the defendant city failed to provide police supervision whereby traffic…
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