Legal Opinion

Orvis v. Peterson

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 14, 1947No. 47104Published

1Opinion of the CourtHale, J.

Plaintiff was aged fifty-four, in good health, and weighed one hundred twenty-eight pounds. At the time of the injury she had been wearing bifocal glasses for eleven years and was wearing them at the time she fell. Her vision with them was good and not blurred.

Defendants owned a frame residence property that had been converted into an apartment house, on the east side of Tenth Street, facing west, Des Moines, in which they resided on the first floor. There were two apartments on the second floor and plaintiff and her husband,- at the time of the accident, resided in the one apartment on the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Marwedel v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  2. Gallagher v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  3. Hittle v. JonesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
  4. Rice v. Goodspeed Real Estate Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Faxon v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910

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