Legal Opinion

Spry v. Lamont

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 12, 1965No. 51494PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Garfield, C. J.-

— The administratrix of the estate of Cecil L. Overbaugh, deceased, brought this law action against Hugh and Geraldine Lamont, husband and wife, to recover for his death in a head-on collision of automobiles on a blacktop county highway about one and one-half miles south of Mechanicsville about 6:15 p.m., December 2, 1961. Decedent was alone in his 1938 Buick driving south. Mrs. Lamont was' driving north in her husband’s 1961 Valiant in which her aged mother-in-law was a passenger.

It is admitted Mrs. Lamont was driving with her husband’s consent and he would be liable under…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Kisling v. ThiermanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1932
  2. Hackman v. BeckwithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  3. Law Ex Rel. Law v. HemmingsenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958
  4. Ferris v. RileySupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
  5. Mongar Ex Rel. Mongar v. BarnardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1957

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Schmitt v. Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  2. Oakes v. Peter Pan Bakers, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1965
  3. Linge v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  4. Derek Crow v. Edwin E. Simpson, Individually and D/B/A Simpson Trucking and ExcavatingSupreme Court of Iowa · 2015
  5. Crane v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1968

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