Chapman v. Pfaar
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — ITon. E. B. Wood-ruff, Judge. Action to recover damages for the personal injury of the plaintiff and for the loss of the services of three minor children and of the society of his wife, all of whom are alleged to have met their death through the negligence of the defendants. There was a trial to a jury resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
-The plaintiff’s wife and three young children were fatally injured by an explosion of kerosene oil or an article supposed to be kerosene oil purchased from the defendants, and he brings this action at law to recover damages. A former judgment in his favor was reversed by this court for error in the charge to the jury, but it was held that the evidence was sufficient to justify the submission to the jury of the question of defendants’ alleged negligence. 145 Iowa, 196. There was also a prior verdict in plaintiff’s favor, which was set aside by the trial court for reasons not material to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chapman v. PfarrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
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- American Oil Co. v. NicholasSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
- Standard Oil Co. v. LyonsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Pfarr v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1916
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