Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Kramme

59 N.W.2d 204 (1953)

CHICAGO & N. W. RY. CO.

v.

KRAMME et al.

No. 48254.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 9, 1953.

Bannister, Carpenter, Ahlers & Cooney, of Des Moines, for appellants.

Frank W. Davis and Ray H. Johnson, Jr., both of Des Moines, for appellee.

GARFIELD, Justice.

Defendants, partners in the contracting business, were engaged in work on a government flood control plan at Council Bluffs in the fall of 1946. They applied for and obtained a license to build a private crossing over the tracks of plaintiff railway for the purpose of hauling heavy equipment across the tracks. In accordance with the…