Legal Opinion
Coonley v. Lowden
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 8, 1944No. 46316PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarfield, J.
The nominal plaintiff is Coonley, as receiver for Boreherding, the injured man and driver of the automobile which collided with the train. Defendants are trustees of the railroad. We will refer to Boreherding as plaintiff and the railroad as defendant.
The collision occurred about 8 a. m. on November 26, 1941, at the intersection of First Avenue N. W. and the Rock Island tracks in Hampton. Plaintiff, a carpenter, aged sixty-four, was driving his 1932 Chevrolet west. The passenger train came from the north on the east track. There were three tracks at this crossing'. Two charges of negligence…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Artz v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Barrett v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- Beardslee v. Columbia TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Platter v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Dyson v. New York & New England RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Shover v. Iowa Lutheran HospitalSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
- Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Alvord, Burdick & Howson and Dorr-Oliver, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Hamdorf v. CorrieSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
- Plumb v. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1958
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