McIntire v. Gordon

Plaintiff’s petition was filed August 19, 1940. It asserts that on December 11, 1936, defendant’s employee, Harry Lewis, was operating an automobile and negligently drove it into an automobile in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger, severely injuring plaintiff, for which injuries plaintiff demands judgment in the sum of $10,000. Among the allegations of the petition were the following:

“That this cause of action of this plaintiff and against the defendant, Harry Gordon, was originally filed on or about the 25th day of December, 1936, in the District Court of Muscatine County, Iowa, in a…