Jones v. City of Sioux City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — George Jepson, Judge. On the evening of May 18, 1916, Jennie V. Jones, with her father, L. H. Jones', was driving an automobile on Fourth Street in Sioux City, Iowa, when a collision occurred between her ear and another, belonging to the city, driven by one Callander, a city employee. Miss Jones was instantly killed; and thereafter, plaintiff, as administrator of her estate, brought this action at law, to recover damages.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — George Jepson, Judge. On the evening of May 18, 1916, Jennie V. Jones, with her father, L. H. Jones', was driving an automobile on Fourth Street in Sioux City, Iowa, when a collision occurred between her ear and another, belonging to the city, driven by one Callander, a city employee. Miss Jones was instantly killed; and thereafter, plaintiff, as administrator of her estate, brought this action at law, to recover damages. The demand for recovery of damages was based on charges of' negligence on the part of the city, and was stated in several distinct…
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
On the second trial, the plaintiff relied upon the same evidence offered by him on the first trial, reading it to the jury from the record.' On the first trial, the defendant had offered no evidence; but on the second trial, several witnesses testified in its behalf to matters tending to show that the city car, at the time of the collision, was carrying several policemen, who were responding to a “police call”' sent in from another part of the city. The city on neither trial offered any evidence in denial of the testimony on plaintiff’s part tending to show a defective condition of the street…
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